title: [Prevalence of the various types of periapical lesions and the significance of histologic evaluation].
abstract: To determine the prevalence of radicular cyst and chronic apical periodontitis among human periapical lesions 299 lesions were analysed during the past 6 years. The specimen were obtained during extraction or endodontic surgery. Of the lesions assessed, 195 (65.2%) were found histopathologically to be cystic, 96 (32.1%) were diagnosed as chronic apical periodontitis and 8 (2.7%) were observed as "other lesion". Studies to determine the diagnostic features and prevalence of these lesions have failed to reach a consensus view, though the treatment and the prognosis may differ to the lesion present.
authors.affiliation: Stomatológiai Klinika, Debreceni Orvostudományi Egyetem.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Radics
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tar
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bágyi
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Márton
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D010484:Periapical Granuloma / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology; D010485:Periapical Periodontitis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*; D015995:Prevalence; D011842:Radicular Cyst / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology*