Objectives To find out the accurate prevalence of periapical pathology
and to see the significance of the clinical signs in diagnosing each variant of
periapical pathology. Method-A study of 300 patients were chosen consecutively
who visited the department of oral radiology for intra oral periapical
radiographs. The clinical data of all the variants of periapical pathology were
registered in a specific clinical form followed by intra oral periapical
radiographs of the same site. Results ?A total of 235 radiographs were
diagnosed with periapical pathology. Periapical rarefying osteitis was present
in almost every second radiograph (32.13%)and less common were periapical cysts
(3.16% ).No sex predilection was found in distribution of periapical pathology
(p=0.768) and majority of the patients (26.39 %) belonged to the 25 to 36 years
age group (p=0.008).Mandibular molars (39.61%) were most common and mandibular
canines (0.82%) were least common sites to be involved with periapical
pathology.(p=0.002). Overall significance of the clinical signs in diagnosing
each variant of periapical pathology was observed (p=0.006) Conclusion- Our
results suggested high prevalence rate of periapical pathology. This study also
elaborates all the clinical signs of periapical pathology and their statistical
significance in diagnosing each variant of periapical pathology. - See more at:
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