A retrospective analysis of oral and maxillofacial lesions in children and adolescents reported in two different services

Anael-Sá-Costa-Borges de Almeida; Camila-de Nazaré-Alves-de Oliveira Kato; Humberto Jácome-Santos; João-de Jesus-Viana Pinheiro; Ricardo-Alves Mesquita; Lucas-Guimarães Abreu

doi:10.4317/jced.58231

A retrospective analysis of oral and maxillofacial lesions in children and adolescents reported in two different services

J Clin Exp Dent. 2021 Sep 1;13(9):e894-e905. doi: 10.4317/jced.58231. eCollection 2021 Sep.

Authors

Anael-Sá-Costa-Borges de Almeida¹, Camila-de Nazaré-Alves-de Oliveira Kato¹, Humberto Jácome-Santos¹, João-de Jesus-Viana Pinheiro², Ricardo-Alves Mesquita³, Lucas-Guimarães Abreu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Graduate Student, Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Surgery, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
² Professor, Laboratory of Pathology and Immunohistochemistry (LAPI), School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Belém-PA, Brazil.
³ Professor, Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Surgery, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.
⁴ Professor, Department of Child's and Adolescent's Oral Health, School of Dentistry, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

Abstract

Background: Most epidemiological studies involving oral and maxillofacial lesions assess only data from histopathological analysis. This may lead to a poor notification of diseases whose diagnosis is predominantly clinical. Aim: To evaluate and to compare the frequency of oral and maxillofacial lesions in children and adolescents in two different types of services: Oral Medicine clinic service and laboratory service.

Material and methods: The records of patients ≤ 19 years attending the Oral Medicine clinic service and records from the laboratory service in Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology of the Dental School of a university were analyzed.

Results: 828 records from the Oral Medicine clinic service and 2,409 records from the laboratory service were analyzed. The most common lesion group in both services was inflammatory/reactive lesions; however, infectious lesions and variations of normality were more frequently in the clinical service. Mucocele was the most common lesion in both services. The lips (28.9%) were the most affected region in the clinical service, while in the laboratory service, the bones (34.7%) were the most affected region.

Conclusions: Some differences may occur with respect to the frequency of oral and maxillofacial lesions among pediatric individuals when data from different sources are compared. Key words:Epidemiology, oral and maxillofacial pathology, oral medicine, oral and maxillofacial lesions, children, adolescents.