The Hard Tissue Lesions Associated with Impacted Teeth

This Radiography helps a dentist to evaluate the condition of hard tissue in the oral cavity. Radiography is one of the tools to establish the diagnosis of impacted teeth and the accompanied hard tissue lesions. Lesions that could accompany impacted teeth not only caries lesions but also lesions that extend into the jaw region. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of impacted teeth accompanied by hard tissue lesions at Dental and Oral Hospital of Hasanuddin University based on panoramic radiography. This research was descriptive observational with consecutive sampling. The study population was all panoramic radiography data of patients aged 21-40 years that viewed from the medical record data from 2016-2017. Data obtained then processed in table form. The result showed that the frequency of impacted occurrence based on its location, 56.2%, occurs in the mandible. Impacted teeth that accompanied by caries was 53.4%, the periapical abscess was 28.8%, and the dentigerous cyst was 17.8%. The conclusion indicated that almost every case of impacted would be accompanied by a hard tissue lesion, either caries lesion or a lesion that extends into the jaw.