Chief complaints of patients attending college of dentistry at Mosul University

Aims : to investigate the characteristic of patients attending College of Dentistry at Mosul University, the chief complaint which make them seeking dental treatment, and the final diagnosis of their problems. Materials and Methods : 760 patients attended to oral diagnosis were examined. The patients age, sex and marital state were recorded and the reason for seeking dental treatment. Results: the research revealed that a total of 760 patients presented to the oral diagnosis clinic in a period of about one year. Of them 41.18 % were males and the remaining 58.82 % were females. The single patient percentage was 55.26%, while percentage of married patients was 44.74%. The predominant age was 20-29 years age group (28.81 %). The most common chief complaint was pain (34.73 %). The less common complaints were : checkup, esthetic, and tooth replacement with percentages of 27.5 %, 18.55 %, and 6.05 % respectively. It was found that the frequency of esthetic and checkup were higher in the youngest age groups than in the older age groups. The percentage of esthetic complaint was more in female, while pain and checkup were higher in male patients. Pain complaint was higher in married patients, while checkup was more frequent in single patients. Esthetic complaint was equal in both groups. Conclusions : it was found that the most common diagnosis was dental caries (31.97 %) this followed by pulpitis (21.05 %) and per apical lesion (14.07 %).