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Title
EVALuATION OF PANORAMIC RADIOGRAPHS TAKEN FROM 1056 TuRKISH CHILDREN
Authors
N. bEKIROGLu 1 , S. METE 2 , G. OzbAy 3 , b. KARGuL 4
Affiliations
1 Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, School of Medicine, Marmara University,
Istanbul, TURKEY, 2 Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School, Marmara University,
Istanbul, TURKEY, 3 Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School, Marmara University,
Istanbul, TURKEY, 4 Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School, Marmara University,
Istanbul, TURKEY
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OBJECTIVES:To examine and to determine the situation of oral lesions and dental anomalies in
panoramic radiographs taken at the department of pediatric dentistry, Dental School, Marmara
University, Istanbul, Turkey
METHODS:We retrospectively reviewed all 1056 children who had visited the department of
pediatric dentistry at dental school and had a panoramic radiograph taken between 5 December-2011
and 17 January-2012. The following information was obtained from the patients‘
records and panoramic radiographs: gender, age, the presence or absence of lesions such as
mesiodentes, supernumerary teeth, odontoma, radicular cyst, impacted tooth and fusion.
RESULTS: 1056 panoramic radiographs from 520 girls and 536 boys were observed. The mean
age of the patients was 8.43 ±2.17. Among 1056 patients, 457 (43.28%) of them had lesions
discovered by the panoramic radiographs. The age of these 457 patients ranged from 4 years to
12 years. There were 37 (3.50%) mesiodentes, 9 (0.85%) supernumerary teeth, 4 0.38% odontoma,
12 (1.14%) radicular cyst.,16 (1.52%) impacted tooth and 20 (1.89%) fusion.
CONCLUSIONS: We were able to detect oral lesions at a rate of 43.28%, and at a relatively early
age in the present study.Early treatment of these lesions and pathologies could avoid maxillofacial
deformity and other complications.
Keywords
panoramic radiographs,children,oral lesion
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