PREVALENCE OF ODONTOGENIC CYSTS AND TUMORS IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to find out the relative incidence of odontogenic cysts and tumors in Karachi-Pakistan.
Methods: This is a retrospective observational study of 100 cysts and 141 tumors that were included in the database of 6000 patients of histopathological diagnoses of Dow Diagnostic Reference and Research laboratory and The Laboratory Karachi, from 2003-2013. Following variables were recorded which includes gender, age and, size and location.A descriptive analysis was done using SPSS version 16.
Results: The incidence of odontogenic cyst was 1.6% and 2.35% for the tumors. The cysts (61%) and tumors 63.1% were both more prevalent in males. Most frequent diagnosis was radicular cysts (53%) and odontogenic keratocystic tumor (27%).The most common location for cyst and tumors both were mandible.
Conclusions: Understanding of the biological and histological behavior and frequency of odontogenic cysts and tumors are important aspects for ensuring early detection as well as adequate treatment.