Prevalence of Osteosclerosis Among Patients Visiting Dental Institute in Rural Area of Western India
Published: August 1, 2015 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/.6319
Jitender Solanki, Rahul Jain, Ravinder Singh, Sarika Gupta, Ashtha Arya, Deepak Tomar
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vyas Dental College & Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
2. Senior Lecturer, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Shri Sukmani Dental College and Research Institute Derabassi, Punjab, India.
3. Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia.
4. Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vyas Dental College & Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
5. Associate Professor, Department of Conservative and Endodontics, SGT Cental College and Hospital, Gurgoan, Haryana, India.
6. Consultant Orsthodontist, ASG Dental Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Jitender Solanki,
Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vyas Dental College & Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
E-mail : solankijitender@gmail.com
Background: Idiopathic osteosclerosis (IO) is a benign lesion of unknown aetiology and is not attributed to any dysplastic, inflammatory, neoplasia, or systemic disorder. Aims and Objectives: To assess the prevalence and distribution of IO according to its location and to patients’ age and gender, among rural population of western India.
Materials and Methods: Seven hundred and fifty patients were examined for the presence of IO in the jaw bone. After a thorough clinical examination, radiographic examination was done using OPG. Age specified by WHO were used 5, 12, 15, 35-44 and 65-74. The data collected was than tabulated and subjected to descriptive statistics and chi square test.
Results: Among the total study population 89 (11.8%) were found to be suffering from IO out of which 27 (7.2%) were males and 62 (16.53%) were females. The maximum number of IO cases cases was seen among the age group of 35-44 y, 33 (22.0%) and minimum in 5 y 9 (6%)
Conclusion: IO is higher among the females as compared to males and mostly seen among the 3rd and 4th decade individuals.
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