A 17-year clinical and pathological evaluation of inflammatory/reactive oral lesions in children and adolescents

The presence of clinical features, symptoms, treatment and prevalence of oral lesions in children and adolescents may be different from that of adults. The aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and pathological features of inflammatory/reactive oral lesions in children and adolescents from 1996 to 2013. Patient records of the Department of Oral Pathology of Kerman dental school, Iran during 17 years were reviewed. Demographic data, clinical diagnosis and histopathologic features were retrieved. The data were analyzed using SPSS 20 soft ware. Chi-square or t-test was used for groups comparison. Significant level was set at 0.05. Out of 1561 records, 241(14.59%) were between 0 and 18 year- old and 102 (42.32%) cases of inflammatory/reactive lesions were seen. The most common lesion was pyogenic granuloma. Most of the lesions were located in the maxilla (p=0.028).There was significant differences between age and frequency of lesions (p=0.008). In 63.2%of cases clinical features were compatible with histopathological diagnosis. Based of the findings of the current study, inflammatory/reactive lesions were the most common oral biopsied lesions.