Comparison of Prevalence and Angulation of Impacted Third Molar among Erbil Population with That of Iraq Neighboring Countries

Abstract

Background and objectives: the problem of impacted teeth remain actual in all countries. Differences in ethnicity, culture and environment may play a role in its occurrence. The objective is to find the differences in prevalence of this problem between population of Erbil/Iraq and Iraqi neighboring countries. Patients and methods: primary data of Erbil population and secondary data of Iraqi neighboring countries were used. A retrospective analysis done for all orthopantomograms in college of dentistry, then compared to published data of those countries. Results: regarding the age and sex, there is no such significant differences between all included countries; considering dominant type of impaction, Kuwait was different from others by dominance of vertical impaction; Distoangular impaction in Erbil was twice of other countries. Conclusion: there is no significant differences between Erbil population and Iraqi neighboring countries regarding the prevalence and angulation of impaction.