Sahil Choudhari, S Haripriya, Jaiganesh Ramamurthy. Association Of Age, Gender and Teeth Distribution in Patients Undergoing Class I Metal Inlay Restoration. Int J Dentistry Oral Sci. 2020;7(10):946-950. 946 https://scidoc.org/IJDOS.php Association Of Age, Gender and Teeth Distribution in Patients Undergoing Class I Metal Inlay Restoration Research Article Sahil Choudhari 1 , S Haripriya 2* , Jaiganesh Ramamurthy 3 1 Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, India. 2 Senior Lecturer, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, 600077, India. 3 Professor and Head, Department of Periodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, 600077, India. International Journal of Dentistry and Oral Science (IJDOS) ISSN: 2377-8075 *Corresponding Author: S Haripriya, Senior Lecturer, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai, 600077, India. E-mail: haripriyas.sdc@saveetha.com Received: September 06, 2020 Accepted: October 09, 2020 Published: October 27, 2020 Citation: Sahil Choudhari, S Haripriya, Jaiganesh Ramamurthy. Association Of Age, Gender and Teeth Distribution in Patients Undergoing Class I Metal Inlay Restoration. Int J Dentistry Oral Sci. 2020;7(10):946-950. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.19070/2377-8075-20000187 Copyright: S Haripriya © 2020. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Introduction Dental caries in permanent teeth is highly prevalent, affecting about 35% of the world population especially in posterior teeth [1]. Dental caries is the most common cause for the loss of tooth structure in a clinical situation [2]. Although caries is the predomi- nant reason for loss of tooth structure, several other non-carious lesions, such as erosion, abfraction, attrition and fracture may also lead to breakdown of the hard tissues of the teeth, necessitating their restoration [3, 4]. There are several different options to perform posterior restora- tions, including direct materials (amalgam, composite) and indi- rect materials (composite, ceramic, metal). The selection, by the clinician, for a particular material and technique to restore poste- rior teeth may be infuenced by the dentist’s personal preferences and skills, patient requests and fnancial resources, and country policies, among others [5-8]. Over the past few decades there have been many changes in the practice of dentistry. In the feld of operative dentistry, develop- ments in the dental material science, together with an increasing awareness of the need to preserve tooth tissue, have radically al- tered the approach to treatment. Many techniques that were con- sidered standard practice 20 years ago are now rarely used. One such example is the intracoronal, cast metal inlay restoration. With the emergence of improved, alternative materials in the form of composite resins and glass-ionomer cements, use of the simple cast restoration appears to have declined in recent years [9]. Abstract Inlay is an indirect restorative technique which is a conservative approach to prevent full coverage restorations. Inlays can be fabricated by using metal, composite or ceramics. The aim of the study was to fnd the association between age, gender and tooth number in patients undergoing class I metal inlay restoration. Samples were collected from June 2019 - March 2020. It included all the people who had undergone class I metal inlay restoration. A total of 37 class I metal inlay procedures were done. The collected data was tabulated using microsoft excel and analysed using SPSS. Incomplete data was excluded from the study. Statistical analysis was done using a chi-square test. In our study, we observed that the age group below 30 years, reported the most for class I metal inlay restoration with higher incidence of males. Tooth 37 was the most common tooth involved in class I metal inlay restoration. Association between gender and class I metal inlay restorations revealed that the highest number of class I metal inlay restora- tions were done in males in tooth number 37, and the least were done in females in tooth number 38(p >0.05), however it was not statistically signifcant. Association between age and class I metal inlay restorations revealed that patients in the age group above 30 years underwent higher number of class I metal inlays in tooth number 37 and the least being patients in the age group above 30 yrs involving tooth number 36 (p >0.05), however it was not statistically signifcant. Keywords: Inlay; Ceramics; Composite; Metal.