ABSTRACT
ABSTRACTBackground: Since the early days of orthodontics the need fortooth extractions in certain orthodontic situations has beendiscussed. Hence; under the light of above mentioned data, thepresent study was undertaken for assessing the patientsundergoing therapeutic dental extractions for orthodonticpurposes.Materials & Methods: A total of 85 patients who underwentorthodontic treatment were included in the present study.Complete demographic and clinical details of all the patientswere obtained. Clinical examination of all the patients wascarried out. Classification of the patients was also done on thebasis of type of angle’s classification. Frequency of dentalextraction was recorded. All the results were recorded inMicrosoft excel sheet and was analysed by SPSS software.Results: The overall frequency of therapeutic dental extractionwas 49.41 percent. Among these 42 patients, angle’s class I,class II and class III malocclusion was present in 12, 21 and 9patients respectively. Among these 42 patients, 28 werefemales while the remaining 14 were males.Conclusion: Therapeutic dental extractions are a commonfinding among patients undergoing orthodontic treatment withangle class II malocclusion being the most common reason fordental extractions.