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The Aim: To assess the incidence of Kennedy’s classification among partially edentulous individuals alongwith its correlation with age and gender.The Method: The subject in this study was consisted of 191 patients. All patients seeking for replacement ofmissing teeth were included in the study. The data related to partial edentulism was recorded in a self-designedproforma. The clinical data were summarized, frequencies and percentages as appropriate in associationwith age, gender. Kennedy’s classification was used to determine the pattern of partially edentulous arches.The Result: The occurrence of Kennedy Cl. III partial edentulism was 17.8% in the maxillary arch and9.42% in the mandibular arch. Followed by Cl. II in both the maxillary and mandibular arch, while cl. IVwas the least among the other classes. The cl.III has the highest prevalence in group III patients. Cl. I andII have the highest incidence among group IV patients. The number of female was more than male and thehighest frequency of cl. II was for females, followed by cl. III, while the lowest cases was cl. IV, for males,the most frequent was cl.II followed by cl. IV.The Conclusion: There is an increase in Cl.I and II and a decrease in Cl. III and IV with an increase inage. The prevalence of Cl. III was predominant among younger population, whereas in group IV Cl.I waspredominant.