Prevalence of oral lesions diagnosed at the ULBRA Canoas of Dental Diagnosis Service
Journal Title: Stomatos - Year 2017, Vol 23, Issue 44
Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of oral lesions diagnosed at the ULBRA Canoas of Dental Diagnosis Service, from 2010 to 2016. Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive study based on the analysis of the biopsy les, led in the Laboratory of Histology of ULBRA Canoas. A database was created with all the information collected in the biopsy record and the analysis of the data was performed by the STATA data processor. Results: The sample consisted of 405 patients, mean age was 45.7 years (18.6%); The majority of the patients were female (52.0%); and caucasian (81.2%). The majority of the lesions presented rosea staining (25.7%), de ned limits and sessile base (32.6%), rm consistency (25.4%). The most frequent groups of oral lesions were: soft tissue neoplasms (20.5%), reactional lesions (17.5%), periapical pathologies (11.8%) and potentially malignant lesions (11.8%). Among the soft tissue neoplasms the most prevalent were broma (43.4%) and papiloma (31.3%). Conclusion: Thus, this study emphasizes the importance of knowledge by dentistry on the prevalence of oral lesions in the metropolitan region of Porto Alegre, such knowledge is essential for oral health care actions to be based on the epidemiological pro le and frequency of lesions observed in this population.
Authors and Affiliations
Jéssica Cunha Martins, Gustavo Essvein, Alessandra Dutra da Silva, Matheus Neves, Fabiana Vargas-Ferreira
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