KENNEDY'S CLASSIFICATION
4 CLASSES
CLASS IV
MISSING ANTERIOR TEETH
ONE FREE ANTERIOR SADDLE
NO SUBCLASSES
CLASS III
DISCONTINUOUS SET OF TEETH WITH POSTERIOR ABUTMENT
ONE NOT TOTALLY FREE POSTERIOR SADDLE
CLASS II
MISSING TEETH ON ONE SIDE WITHOUT ABUTMENT
ONE FREE POSTERIOR SADDLE
CLASS I
MISSING TEETH ON BOTH SIDES WITHOUT ABUTMENT
TWO FREE POSTERIOR SADDLES
4 SUBCLASSES
FUNCTIONS
IT GIVES INDICATIONS ON HOW TO PLAN AN INTERVENTION
IT CAN DESCRIBE A SPECIFIC CASE
DEFINITION
IT SUMMARISES ALL THE POSSIBLE CASES OF PARTIAL EDENTULISM INTO 4 CLASSES
EDENTULISM: ABSENCE OF TEETH