Radiographic investigation of idiopathic osteosclerosis of the jaws in Japanese dental outpatients

T Kawai; H Hirakuma; S Murakami; H Fuchihata

doi:10.1016/0030-4220(92)90389-8

Radiographic investigation of idiopathic osteosclerosis of the jaws in Japanese dental outpatients

Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1992 Aug;74(2):237-42. doi: 10.1016/0030-4220(92)90389-8.

Authors

T Kawai¹, H Hirakuma, S Murakami, H Fuchihata

Affiliation

¹ Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Osaka University, Faculty of Dentistry, Japan.

PMID: 1508535
DOI: 10.1016/0030-4220(92)90389-8

Abstract

Panoramic radiographs of 1203 Japanese patients were examined to detect idiopathic radiopaque foci of dense bone. One hundred seventeen patients (9.7%) exhibited 134 such lesions. The majority (97%) of the opacities were found in the mandible, especially in the mandibular first premolar to second molar region (85.4%). The lesion was most prevalent in the first three decades of life.

MeSH terms

Chi-Square Distribution
Female
Humans
Incidence
Japan / epidemiology
Jaw Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Jaw Diseases / epidemiology*
Male
Osteosclerosis / diagnostic imaging*
Osteosclerosis / epidemiology*
Radiography, Panoramic