[Radiographic investigation of idiopathic osteosclerosis of jaws]
Full-mouth radiographs of 1321 patients were examined for the presence of radiopacitics that could not be attributed to any known sources of bone formation.A total of 75 patients exhibited these foci of idiopathic osteosclerosis.The incidence of disease is 5.7%,including SIO 46.3%,PIO 37.5%,IIO 16.2%.The majority of the opacities were found in the mandible,especially from the mandibular first premolar to first molar region(65%).The lesion was most prevalent in the first three decades of life.
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Department of Oral Medicine, School of Stomatlolgy, Shanghai Second Medical University. Shanghai 200011, China.