title: Prevalence of Osteosclerosis Among Patients Visiting Dental Institute in Rural Area of Western India.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Idiopathic osteosclerosis (IO) is a benign lesion of unknown aetiology and is not attributed to any dysplastic, inflammatory, neoplasia, or systemic disorder.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the prevalence and distribution of IO according to its location and to patients' age and gender, among rural population of western India.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven hundred and fifty patients were examined for the presence of IO in the jaw bone. After a thorough clinical examination, radiographic examination was done using OPG. Age specified by WHO were used 5, 12, 15, 35-44 and 65-74. The data collected was than tabulated and subjected to descriptive statistics and chi square test.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among the total study population 89 (11.8%) were found to be suffering from IO out of which 27 (7.2%) were males and 62 (16.53%) were females. The maximum number of IO cases cases was seen among the age group of 35-44 y, 33 (22.0%) and minimum in 5 y 9 (6%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  IO is higher among the females as compared to males and mostly seen among the 3(rd) and 4(th) decade individuals.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Vyas Dental College & Hospital , Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India .
authors.forename: Jitender
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Solanki
authors.affiliation: Senior Lecturer, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Shri Sukmani Dental College and Research Institute Derabassi, Punjab, India .
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Prosthodontics, King Khalid University , Saudi Arabia .
authors.forename: Ravinder
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Vyas Dental College & Hospital , Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India .
authors.forename: Sarika
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Conservative and Endodontics, SGT Cental College and Hospital , Gurgoan, Haryana, India .
authors.forename: Ashtha
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arya
authors.affiliation: Consultant Orsthodontist, ASG Dental Hospital , Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India .
authors.forename: Deepak
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tomar
keywords: Idiopathic osteosclerosis; Jaw bone; Oral health; Radio opacity