Prevalence of Periapical Lesions Observed in Panoramic Radiographs

Abstract

The present study had as objective to perform an epidemiological survey on radiolucent periapical lesions prevalence in a sample of 107 panoramic radiographs of patients in the graduation course in Dentistry school IMED. Patients included have panoramic radiographs performed in the year 2015 and with the term of Free and Informed Consent signed. The data collection regarded panoramic reports exams and radiographs. The criteria was: periapical lesion presence visible in radiographic, patient’s gender, age, total number of teeth, dental element, arch and number of endodontic treatments. The data were organized and compared. The results showed that 53.3% of the radiographic reports had a periapical lesion. Most of the lesions were in the maxilla, with 58.5% of the occurrences and the most affected dental elements were 22 and 26. In conclusion, periapical lesions were more frequent in women in the upper arch on lateral incisors and upper first molars.