title: Radiographic investigation of idiopathic osteosclerosis of the jaws in Japanese dental outpatients.
abstract: Panoramic radiographs of 1203 Japanese patients were examined to detect idiopathic radiopaque foci of dense bone. One hundred seventeen patients (9.7%) exhibited 134 such lesions. The majority (97%) of the opacities were found in the mandible, especially in the mandibular first premolar to second molar region (85.4%). The lesion was most prevalent in the first three decades of life.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Osaka University, Faculty of Dentistry, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawai
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hirakuma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fuchihata
mesh_terms: D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D007571:Jaw Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D010026:Osteosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic