DISTRIBUTION OF ORAL PATHOLOGIES: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS IN KAYSERI REGION.

Pathology is an important discipline which can make the definitive diagnose of the lesions and helps surgeon for the treatment of the lesions. Biopsy materials which were taken from the oral maxillofacial area examined by pathologist and the results helps the surgeon to identfy the characteristic of the lesion and possible treatment modalities of the lesions. This study includes the biopsy results which were taken from the patients who refered to ERU Dentistry Faculty department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery between the years of 2005-2011. 479 biopsy results were included in this study. As the result of this study 96.9% (n=464) biopsy were benign lesions, 3.1% (n=15) were malign lesions, 25.2% (n=121) were infection cyst, 13.3% (n=64) were developmental cyst, 3.5% (n=17) were non-odontogenic cyst, 5.4% (n=26) were benign odontogenic tumor, 8.7% (n=42) were benign non-odontogenic tumor, 37.1% (n=178) were benign re-active lesions, 3.3% (n=16) were benign fibro-osseous lesion. In our country, patients who are complaining about the lesion in oral cavity, refered to department of plastic and reconstrucitve surgery and department of otolaryngology clinics instead of oral and maxillofacial department. This can be the possible reason for the low rate result of malign lesion in this study.