A RETROSPECTIVE EVALUATION OF THE JAW CYSTS IN 38 CASES

Purpose: this clinical study, we evaluate retrospectively 38 cases who were treated as cysts of the jaws between the years 2009 and 2012 in the tepebasi dental hospital department of oral & maxillofacial surgery. the knowledge of the jaw cysts incidence would be beneficial for thorough diagnosis and appropriate treatment planning. material and methods: cases were evaluated according to the age, sex, localization of the cyst, histopathology, treatment methods and results. in all cases, surgical enucleation was performed through an intraoral approach. any of the cases recurrence occured and cases were followed up between 2 months and 32 months. results: twenty-one cases were men and 17 cases were women. the mean age was 33.1 years. histopathologic examination showed 25 cases were radicular cyst, 6 cases were dentigerous cyst, 4 cases were nasopalatine duct cyst, 2 cases were keratocyst and 1 case were lateral periodontal cyst. in addition, 63.2 % of the cysts were localised in the maxilla and 36.8 % of them were localised in the mandible. conclusion: according to the results of this, the incidence of radicular cyst is the highest in all odontogenic cysts. routine dental examination may decrease the incidence of cysts in general, especially radicular cysts.