Study of Relationship of Anemia among Edentulous Patients

Authors

  • Lijo Isaac Malabar Dental College and Research Centre Manoor
  • A. P. Nirmal Raj College of Dental Science & Hospital, Amargadh
  • Reshma Karkera A. J. Institute of Dental Sciences
  • R Naveen Reddy College of Dentistry, Jazan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18034/mjmbr.v5i2.458

Keywords:

Edentulism, Tooth loss, Nutritional status

Abstract

Very little studies were done on relationship of the dental status and the nutritional status. The present study was done to study relation between edentulism and the presence of anemia. The study was included of 46 adult patients with edentulism and same numbers of patients were taken as controls. The results were tabulated and analyzed with the help of IBM SPSS statistics 20 using student’s t test. The hemoglobin levels were lower in the edentulous patients that that of the control group. The present study had shown that the nutritional status were poor resulting in anemia in case of edentulous patients as compared to control group with the same age group.

 

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Author Biographies

  • Lijo Isaac, Malabar Dental College and Research Centre Manoor

    Professor and Head, Department of Prosthodontics, Malabar Dental College and Research Centre Manoor, Edappal, Malappuram (Dist.), INDIA

  • A. P. Nirmal Raj, College of Dental Science & Hospital, Amargadh

    Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, College of Dental Science & Hospital, Amargadh, Sihor Taluk, Bhavnagar District, INDIA

  • Reshma Karkera, A. J. Institute of Dental Sciences

    Professor, Dept of Prosthodontics, A. J. Institute of Dental Sciences, Mangaluru, Karnataka 575004, INDIA

  • R Naveen Reddy, College of Dentistry, Jazan

    Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, College of Dentistry, Jazan, KSA

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Published

2018-12-31

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2018): July - December Issue

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Isaac, L. ., Raj, A. P. N. ., Karkera, R. ., & Reddy, R. N. . (2018). Study of Relationship of Anemia among Edentulous Patients. Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 5(2), 105-108. https://doi.org/10.18034/mjmbr.v5i2.458