Odontogenic cysts: a clinical study of 90 cases

Odontogenic Cysts: Analysis of 680 Cases in Brazil

“…In our study, cysts occurred in adult men more frequently than in women, which is in agreement with findings reported in other studies [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. The maxilla was the anatomic site most often affected by odontogenic cysts in our study, which differs from findings by Meningaud et al [6] and Koseoglu et al [8], but is in agreement with other studies [3,7,9]. Although cysts show predilection for the maxilla, in four of the six cases diagnosed in our study, the mandible was the most prevalent site (Table 3).…”

“…Radicular cysts are the most prevalent odontogenic cysts according to all studies reviewed, with variations only in percentages. In our study, radicular cysts accounted for 72.5% (69.63% with the inclusion of OKC) of all cases, a higher percentage than those found by Jones et al [2] (52.3%), Ochsenius et al [3] (50.7%), MosquedaTaylor et al [4] (39.9%), Ledesma-Montes et al [5] (38.8%), Meningaud et al [6] (53.5%), Bataineh et al [7] (41.7%) and Koseoglu et al [8] (59%), but lower than the percentages reported by Varinauskas et al [9] (86.2%) and Franklin and Jones [10] (80%). The high rate of radicular cysts found by Franklin and Jones [10] may be explained by the fact that their study was conducted with biopsies performed by general dental practitioners, instead of oral and maxillofacial surgeons, which reduced the number of more complex lesions.…”

“…In order to allow a comparison with studies carried out before 2005 [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10], 28 cases of OKC, now KOT, found in our laboratory data were later included in our study and the results were elaborated in the discussion.…”

“…Most of these cysts affect adult men [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. Some studies found that the maxilla was the most frequent anatomic site [3,7,9], whereas other authors reported that the mandible was the most prevalent site [6,8].…”

“…Studies about the prevalence of odontogenic cysts have been conducted in several countries and with different ethnic groups [2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10].…”