Prevalence and Reasons for Tooth Loss in a Sample from a Dental Clinic in Brazil

Table 5

Reasons for teeth extractions (𝑁: number; % percentage).

Reasons	Frequency
	𝑁	%
Caries	307*	38.4
Periodontal diseases	258*	32.3
Eruption problems	51	6.4
Prosthetics	29	3.6
Trauma	21	2.6
Orthodontics	46	5.7
Occlusal problems	9	1.1
Others reasons—; iatrogenic and accidental	79	9.9
Total	800	100.0

Chi-square test (𝜒²) = 𝑃<0.0001. * > 2.576 (𝛼=0.01) adjusted residual chi-square.