An Epidimiological Study to Assess the Resorption of Completely Edentulous Mandibular Ridge Using Digital Panaromic Radiograph in Patients of Jammu Region

Abstract

Aim:This clinical and radiological study aimed out to assess how age, gender, and the length of edentulism affected the amount of residual ridge resorption in mandible in the Jammu region.

Method: For the study, 150 individuals who had been entirely edentulous for more than six months and were up to 80 years old were chosen. Every patient had a standardized digital panoramic radiograph.

Digital measurements were taken with Planmecca OPG viewer software, and the Wical and Swoope method was used to determine the amount of resorption. Regression analysis, ANOVA tests, and t tests were used in the statistical study. A significance level of 0.05 was established.

Result:It was discovered that resorption increased as subjects' ages increased, and this difference was statistically significant (p value = 0.047). The mean residual ridge resorption in males was 0.89, while in females, it was 1.03. This difference was statistically significant (p value = 0.037). It was discovered that as the edentulous periods lengthen, the amount of resorption increases, and this difference is statistically significant. (P value: less than 0.001).

Conclusion: Comparing the residual ridge resorption of the Jammu region's population, it was found that a greater proportion of patients had class 2 resorption (47.3%), followed by class 3 (41.3%). Class 1 patients, comprising 11.3% of the total, are far fewer than the former.