Reasons for Permanent Teeth Extractions and Related Factors among Adult Patients in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia

Table 3

Distribution of reasons for teeth extractions among patients by gender, nationality, and type of dental practice.

	Male, N (%)	Female, N (%)	value	Saudi, N (%)	Non-Saudi, N (%)	value	Public, N (%)	Private, N (%)	value
Caries	198 (57.9)	144 (42.1)	0.295	234 (68.4)	108 (31.6)	0.002	249 (72.8)	93 (27.2)	0.003
Periodontal	68 (53.1)	60 (46.9)	0.485	99 (77.3)	29 (22.7)	0.301	81 (63.3)	47 (36.7)	0.125
Remaining roots	65 (50.4)	64 (49.6)	0.163	100 (77.5)	29 (22.5)	0.276	76 (58.9)	53 (41.1)	0.023
Impactions	32 (64)	18 (36)	0.231	37 (74)	13 (26)	0.752	35 (70)	15 (30)	0.682
Prosthodontic	22(59.5)	15 (40.5)	0.653	27 (73)	10 (27)	0.917	29 (78.4)	8 (21.6)	0.143
Orthodontics	8 (50)	8 (50)	0.631	16 (100)	0	0.016; Fisher	7 (43.8)	9 (56.3)	0.041