title: Reactive lesions of oral cavity: A survey of 100 cases in Eluru, West Godavari district.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Reactive lesions of the oral cavity are associated with injuries of soft tissue and have high prevalence rates and different involvement patterns in different parts of the world. This study reviews the pathogenesis and analyzes demographic data, histopathological features and compares the clinico-pathologic profiles of the diseases to those previously reported.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patient records of the Department of Oral Pathology during one and half year period were reviewed for diagnosis of oral connective tissue reactive hyperplastic lesion. Data including the area involved and the type of lesion were collected and analyzed using descriptive statistical methods and ANOVA test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  100 cases (mean age 36 years, male:female ratio 1:2) matched study criterion. The most common affected site was mandibular anterior region and buccal mucosa and the most common lesion was pyogenic granuloma and focal fibrous hyperplasia. All the lesions were more common in the mandible than in the maxilla. PGCG was seen to be equally distributed in males and females.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Reactive hyperplastic lesions of the oral connective tissue are more common in females and the majority of the lesions occur in gingiva. This study supports previous assertions that PG and FFH may occur on any oral mucosal site with special preference for the mandibular anterior gingiva and buccal mucosa while PGCG and POF occur exclusively on the mandibular gingiva.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Pathology, St Joseph Dental College and Hospital, Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Bina
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kashyap
authors.forename: P Sridhar
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nalini
keywords: Fibroma; peripheral giant cell granuloma; peripheral ossifying; pyogenic granuloma; reactive lesion