Zainab Mahmood Jasim ^1
1Department of Restorative and Esthetic Dentistry, College of Dentistry, University of Basrah, Basrah, Iraq

ABSTRACT

Aim: To explore the common chief complaints of patients seeking treatment in conservative dental clinic at College of Dentistry \University of Basrah. Methods: Researcher obtained 123 complete records about the subject under the study, the most common chief complaints of the patients attending conservative dentistry clinic at college of dentistry university of Basrah at 2020-2021 prior to their examination for further dental treatment. Result: The main findings was that the dental pain was the most common reason for seeking dental treatment (43.9%), followed by esthetic treatment (30.8 %), conservative (21.9%) and prosthetics (3.2 %) respectively. Conclusion: The result of the study revealed that the most common reason for demanding dental treatment was "pain"

Keywords:Chief complaint, pain, esthetic, conservative dentistry.