title: Oral mucosal lesions: a retrospective review of one institution's 13-year experience.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the relative frequency of biopsied nonneoplastic oral mucosal lesions in Ankara, Turkey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Biopsy records of a single center from 2000-2012 were retrospectively collected. Diagnosis was recorded and evaluated with respect to patient demographics (age, sex) and location of the lesion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of 11,980 biopsies, 1732 (14.5%) were mucosal nonneoplastic lesions. Hyperplastic lesions (n= 1000, 57.7%) with fibroepithelial hyperplasia in 30.9% of patients were the most common type of oral nonneoplastic lesions. The mean age of patients differed with respect to type of mucosal lesion, tending to be lower in patients with reactive lesions. Dermatoses showed a female predominance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our ,findings revealed that hyperplastic lesions were the most common among nonneoplastic oral mucosa lesions. Geographic and ethnic.differences of patients with various types of oral mucosal lesions require further investigation.
authors: Burcu
authors: B
authors: Sengüven
authors: Emre
authors: E
authors: Bariş
authors: Benay
authors: B
authors: Yildirim
authors: Alaa
authors: A
authors: Shuibat
authors: Özlem
authors: Ö
authors: Özer Yücel
authors: Farid
authors: F
authors: Museyibov
authors: Yeşim
authors: Y
authors: Yildiz
authors: Özkan
authors: Ö
authors: Büyük
authors: Sibel Elif
authors: SE
authors: Gültekin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000601:surgery; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014421:Turkey / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult