A retrospective analysis of oral and maxillofacial pathology in an Australian paediatric population. (June 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ha, WN; Kelloway, E; Dost, F; Farah, CS
• Is Part Of: Australian dental journal. Volume 59:Number 2(2014:Jun.)
• Page Start: 221
• Page End: 225
• Publication Date: 2014-06
• Subjects: Dentistry -- Periodicals; Dentistry -- Periodicals; Dentisterie -- Australie -- Périodiques; Tandheelkunde; 617.6
• DOI: 10.1111/adj.12174
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0045-0421

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main" id="adj12174-abs-0001"> <title>Abstract</title> <sec id="adj12174-sec-0001" sec-type="section"> <title>Background</title> <p>The prevalence of oral and maxillofacial pathology has not previously been reported in the Australian paediatric population. This study aimed to audit a large pathology service to provide insight into the prevalence of oral and maxillofacial pathology.</p> </sec> <sec id="adj12174-sec-0002" sec-type="section"> <title>Methods</title> <p>Written records of a major Australian oral pathology service were imported into an electronic database. Age, gender and histological diagnosis were assessed. Prevalence of histological diagnoses as a percentage of the major diagnostic categories and of the whole sample were calculated, as well as gender predilections and mean age of presentation of disease.</p> </sec> <sec id="adj12174-sec-0003" sec-type="section"> <title>Results</title> <p>A total of 1305 oral pathology specimens, collected from paediatric patients aged 16 and under were included in the analysis. The most common pathology was dental pathology (24.4%), followed by odontogenic cysts (18.5%) and mucosal pathology (17.0%). The most frequently encountered lesion was the dentigerous cyst (9.4%), followed by fibrous hyperplasia (8.3%), radicular cyst (5.2%) and chronic periapical granuloma (5.2%).</p> </sec> <sec id="adj12174-sec-0004" sec-type="section"> <title>Conclusions</title> <p>In the paediatric population, dental pathology and specifically, the dentigerous cyst is the most common pathology type sent for histopathology, suggesting a high prevalence of pathology of dental origin occurring in Australian children.</p> </sec> </abstract>