International Journal of Oral Health Dentistry 2021;7(1):8–13 Content available at: https://www.ipinnovative.com/open-access-journals International Journal of Oral Health Dentistry Journal homepage: www.ijohd.org Original Research Article Partial edentulism and its correlation to age, gender, socioeconomic status and incidence of various Kennedy’s classes - A cross-sectional study Himanshu Aeran 1, *, Abhinav Thapliyal 1 , Neeraj Sharma 1 , Varun Kumar 1 1 Dept. of Prosthodontics, Seema Dental College & Hospital, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India ARTICLE INFO Article history: Received 15-02-2021 Accepted 25-02-2021 Available online 21-04-2021 Keywords: Partially edentulism Socioeconomic status Kennedy’s classes Survey Garhwal ABSTRACT A simple estimation of the proportion of the partial edentulous persons is a rough indication of dental diseases and also the success or failure of dental care. The epidemiological features of partial edentulousness of one community or one village can be evaluated on the basis of a cross-sectional house- to-house survey. In this study a cross-sectional house-to-house survey was carried out at lower Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of the level of edentulism and its relevance to other co-factors such as age, gender and socioeconomic status. © This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. 1. Introduction Oral health contributes significantly to the quality of life. Poor oral health and tooth loss affect not only the nutritional status and phonetics, but also the overall health of individuals. Tooth loss generally occurs by caries, periodontal problems, traumatic injuries, impactions, neoplastic and cystic lesions. 1 Partially edentulous arches have been classified by various methods. Among the various methods of classification like Kennedy, Applegates, Avant, Neurohar, Eichner, ACP (American College of Prosthodontics) etc., Kennedy’s classification is widely studied and clinically accepted by Dental Community. Several studies have analyzed the correlation between partial edentulous and its influencing factors like socio- economic, age, gender, etc. 2 Owing to the large Indian population, a nationwide survey cannot be done. However, the epidemiological features of partial edentulousness of one community or one village can be evaluated on the basis of a cross-sectional house-to-house survey.Thus, a survey was carried out * Corresponding author. E-mail address: drhimanu4@gmail.com (H. Aeran). among the patients of lower Garhwal region of Uttarakhand to study the prevalence of the level of edentulism and its relevance to other co-factors such as age, gender and socio- economic status. 2. Aims and Objective To study the prevalence of the level of partially edentulism and its relevance to age, gender and socioeconomic status. 3. Materials and Methods 3.1. Study design This cross-sectional house-to-house survey was carried out within selected areas of Uttarakhand (Pauri (101), Chamba(102), Dehradun(98), Haridwar(99) and Rishikesh(100). The survey was conducted on 500 individuals who were considered to be residents of the area. First the subjects were interviewed according to the questionnaire performa and then intra-oral examination of the subject was done in day light with the help of mouth mirror. https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijohd.2021.003 2395-4914/© 2021 Innovative Publication, All rights reserved. 8