evaluation the histopathological findings of oral lesions in patients referred to the pathology department of semnan city (iran)

Background: the aim of this study was to evaluate the histopathological findings of oral lesions in patients referred to the pathology department of kosar hospital of semnan city (iran) in 2012-2018. materials and methods: this population-based cross-sectional study was concocted on the histopathological findings of oral lesions 137 patients referred to the pathology department of kosar hospital of semnan city (iran) in 2012-2018. the sampling method was census. the data collection tool was a check including demographics and dentistry (type of dental lesion, location of the lesion, malignancy of lesions, origin of dental lesions, side of the lesion conflict, jaw involved, anterior-posterior position and type of biopsy). spss24 was used for data analysis and a significance level of less than 0.05 was considered. results: the most common type and the most common location of oral lesions were periapical cyst (16.7%) and periapical (28.3%); respectively. the most common sources of oral lesions were related to inflammation and connective tissue with 27.5 and 26.8%, respectively. mandible (47.8%) was the most common involved jaw and 5.1% of reported lesions were malignant. in addition, the prevalence of periapical cyst (78.3 vs. 21.7%) and pyogenic granuloma (82.4 vs. 17.6%) were significantly higher in women than men (p-value=0.035).the highest rates of periapical cyst (43.5%) and pyogenic granuloma (58.5%) were observed in the age group ≤30 and 31-40 years; respectively (p-value=0.013). conclusion: this study suggests that the female patients and over 40 years should be more careful to check for periapical cyst. however, more detailed studies with higher sample sizes are recommended.