<![CDATA[The goal of Pediatric dentistry is to preserve the primary teeth. Extraction of primary teeth is one of the mostfrequent procedures which has to be performed in pediatric clinics. The common cause of extraction includesdental caries followed by dental trauma. Other causes include the diseases involving the periapical tissues.Knowing the prevalence or most commonly extracted tooth can help in establishing essential preventivestrategies. Hence, the aim of the present study was to analyse the frequently extracted primary tooth inthe mandibular arch of children. The study was a retrospective study done under a University setting.Thedata collected by reviewing and analysing 7415 patients records who visited the university hospital duringthe time period of June 2019 to March 2020. Inclusion criteria was children who underwent single andmultiple extractions of mandibular primary teeth. A total of 1169 case records were collected, tabulated andentered in excel. Using SPSS software the data was subjected to descriptive statistics and Chi-square tests.Prevalence of boys who underwent extraction was 54%. Extraction was more prevalent in the age groupof 7-12 years.The most frequently extracted primary tooth in the mandibular arch of children based on thestudy was the mandibular left first primary molar which accounts for 19.9%. From the data obtained , thestudy concludes that the most frequently extracted primary tooth in children is the left first molar and foundto be predominantly in boys.]]>
