Evaluation Of Number Of Teeth That Underwent Periapical Lesion Management And Its Relationship With Gender - A Retrospective Analysis

Abstract

Periapical Lesions Develop As Sequelae To Pulp Disease. They Often Occur Without Any Episode Of Acute Pain And Are Discovered On Routine Radiographic Examination. The Incidence Of Cysts Within Periapical Lesions Varies Between 6 And 55%. The Occurrence Of Periapical Granulomas Ranges Between 9.3 And 87.1%, And Of Abscesses Between 28.7 And 70.07%. The Aim Of Our Study Is To Evaluate The Number Of Teeth That Underwent Periapical Lesion Management And Its Relationship With Gender In Saveetha Dental College And Hospitals.This Study Is A Retrospective Study Conducted In A University Hospital  Setting.  The Study Population Consists Of 15 Patients With Periapical Lesions Who Had Reported To The Department Of Conservative And Endodontics, Saveetha Dental College And Hospitals, Chennai, India. The Data Regarding The Age, Gender, Number Of Teeth That Underwent Periapical Lesion Management  And Clinical Presentation Of The Patients Were Retrieved From Patients Records And Analysed .The Data With A Total 86000 Patients Records Between June2019 To March 2020 Were Taken  And After Fulfillment Of Inclusion And Exclusion Criteria,A Final Sample Of 15 Patients Were Considered.The Data Were Tabulated And Analysed By Spss Software And Statistics Done Using Chi Square Test With Significance Kept At P<0.05.In The Present Study, Majority Of The Study Population Was In The Age Group Of 10- 25 Years And Males(63.3%) Dominated The Study Population Than Females (13.3%). It Was Found That A Higher Prevalence Of Periapical Lesion Management Was Performed In Maxillary Central Incisors With Male Predominance.