The Etiology and Prevalence of Non Carious Tooth Loss (NCTL) in a Rural area in Sudan.

Abdul hameed Hassan Elmubarak; Sawsan Ahmed Omer; Mwadah Abdulhameed Hassan; Salah Abbass Elsiddig; Iglal Basheer Nasir; Razaz Abdulhadi Abdulmutalab

Volume : VI, Issue : I, January - 2017

The Etiology and Prevalence of Non Carious Tooth Loss (NCTL) in a Rural area in Sudan.

Abdul Hameed Hassan Elmubarak, Sawsan Ahmed Omer, Mwadah Abdulhameed Hassan, Salah Abbass Elsiddig, Iglal Basheer Nasir, Razaz Abdulhadi Abdulmutalab

Abstract :

Non – carious teeth loss (NCTL) , Aasion, attrition, erosion and abfraction are destruction or wear of tooth tissue where bacteria or caries are not involved as causative factor. This epidemiological cross sectional study aiming to survey the prevalence of NCTL and to relate its occurrence with the multi–factorial variables in the people of the rural areas . All the people attending the dental department in a rural hospital during the study period of four months were included in the study (70) people (1960 tooth) . Tooth ushing , dietary habits, oral health education programmes and characteristics of NCTL were examined and analyzed using WHO tooth wear index. the prevalence of NCTL were 71.4% , with axial depth of 1–2 millimeters, 73.4% of NCTL. Affecting the posterior teeth, there is strong association of condition and old age group (p<0.01), hard type of food (p<0.03) , right handed with horizontal tooth ushing. Most of the patient receive no treatment until there is symptoms. Oral health education, early detection of the lesion and further studies comp� urban and rural residence with a larger sample size are needed.