Abstract

MARIN ARAYA, Ariana  and  CHAVARRIA CALVO, María Alejandra. Systemic factors associated with edentulism according to age and gender by panoramic radiographs and digital records. Odontología Vital [online]. 2019, n.31, pp.19-22. ISSN 1659-0775.

This research was carried out with the aim to determine the main systemic factors that cause edentulism in patients attending the Dental Clinic, in order to enhance patient education concerning the relationship between toothloss and with general health, as well as the causes and consequences of edentulism. For this study, a sample of 954 records was acquired from the last four months of the year 2017. These records were evaluated to obtain a number of 108 patients with systemic factors, the overall participants for this study.

Keywords : Systemic factors; associated; panoramic radiographs; digital records..

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