FREQUENCY AND ASSOCIATED FACTORS OF PULP STONES AMONG PATIENTS PRESENTING TO AYUB DENTAL TEACHING HOSPITAL ABBOTTABAD

Objective: To determine the frequency of pulp stones with the aid of radiographs in the selected population. Materials and Methods:A retrospective study on dental radiographs i.e. orthopantomogram (OPG) from patients who had been advised OPG from January 2018 to December 2019 was conducted by two consultants at Ayub Dental Section. Out of the total 600 radiographs available, only 145 fulfilled the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study. Descriptive statistics were given for the patient’s age, gender, and tooth with pulp stones. Whiles associations were determined by chi-square test for gender and tooth type with pulp stones present. Where a significant value was considered p value ≤0.05. Results: Out of the total 145 cases selected, only 30.34% cases were identified as having pulp stones of which 43.18% were male and 56.81% were females. Pulp stones were significantly higher in the maxillary arch (36.36%) than the mandible (22.72%) and first molar than other molars. The most frequent individual tooth that presented with pulp stone was the maxillary first molar. Conclusion: Pulp stones were higher in the maxillary arch than the mandibular arch and in females than males. Cardiovascular patients had a higher number of pulp stones than other groups.