Muhammad Ikman Ishak
Mohammed Rafiq Abdul Kadir
2013
The number of edentulous or toothless patients has shown an increase over the last decade. The edentulism phenomenon usually occurs proportional to age or can be due to tooth extraction. Patients can be categorised into two: either fully edentulous or partially edentulous. The latter commonly caused by bone resorption in both jaws, upper (maxilla) and lower jaw (mandible). According to the national surveys conducted by the National Institute of Dental Research (The United States), the rate of edentulism increases at 4 % per 10 years in early adult years and increases to more than 10 % per decade after the age of 70.