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Prevalence of odontogenic keratocysts among patients in a university hospital setting
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HARRITA.S , SENTHIL MURUGAN P
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Background: Odontogenic keratocyst otherwise called as OKC.It is the cyst arising from cell rests of Dental lamina. It can occur anywhere in the jaw, but commonly seen in the posterior part of the mandible. OKC’s are usually unilocular when presented at apex and can be mistaken for radicular cyst. It can also be presented as multilocular which is common nowadays.
Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of OKC among patients in a university hospital setting.
Materials and Methods: A university setup study where the 86000 patient records were collected from the hospital records and shortlisted. The population chosen for the study are patients reporting to the Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Department with a chief complaint of any pathological lesions of the oral cavity. The collected data was compiled and statistically analysed using SPSS version 23.0 software.
Results: From this study it can be contemplated that, When association between gender and OKC prevalence was done, 5.26% male had OKC and 1.75% female had OKC, Male had more incidence of OKC than females,likewise 10 -50 years age group had more prevalence compared to other age groups which is also not statistically a significant finding. Out of 57 patients in total, only 7.02% patients had OKC.
Conclusion: Within the limits of the study, Male patients had more prevalence of OKC and patients of the age group 10-30 years and 31-50 years had equal prevalence of OKC.So to ascertain the findings of our study, we have to do further studies in the future with larger sample size and longer duration. This can be helpful to find more information regarding prevalence of Odontogenic cysts and its occurrence because nowadays OKC is common in younger age groups also.
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Cyst; jaw; OKC; tumor; oral cystic lesion
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.01.226
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