Research Article
Reasons for Permanent Teeth Extractions and Related Factors among Adult Patients in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia
Table 2
Relationship between demographic factors and teeth extractions.
| Variables | Mean number of extracted teeth Mean ± SD | value |
| Age | 15–24 | 1.28 ± 0.55 | <0.001 | 25–34 | 1.45 ± 1.00 | 35–44 | 2.06 ± 2.44 | 45–54 | 2.06 ± 1.79 | 55–64 | 2.30 ± 2.17 | 65 and above | 3.04 ± 2.60 |
| Gender | Male | 1.96 ± 2.09 | 0.517 | Female | 1.73 ± 1.35 |
| Nationality | Saudi | 1.97 ± 1.98 | 0.02 | Non-Saudi | 1.55 ± 1.11 |
| Type of practice | Public | 2.03 ± 1.95 | <0.001 | Private | 1.50 ± 1.38 |
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