Abstract

PELAEZ-ESTEBAN, Mario; ESPARZA-GOMEZ, Germán; CANCELA-RODRIGUEZ, Paloma  and  LLAMAS-MARTINEZ, Silvia. Lingual pathology (and pseudopathology) observed in the UCM Dental School (Madrid,Spain). RCOE [online]. 2004, vol.9, n.4, pp.381-390. ISSN 1138-123X.

A descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study based on the lingual pathology (and pseudopathology) observed in the Department of Oral Medicine and Surgery, Dental School, Universidad Complutense, Madrid has been performed, and the results have been compared with other similar surveys. From 1313 clinical histories reviewed, 54 (4,11%) presented one or more lingual alterations. The most frequently found condition was geographic tongue, 2,13% of the patients; followed by fissured tongue, 1,07% and foliate papilae hypertrophy 0,53%.  The lingual conditions included in the pseudopathology group are entities very close to normality, and the diagnosis frequently overlaps with healthy tongues. In 27,8% of the cases the diagnosis was fortuitous, with the lesion not being the cause of consultation.

Keywords : Arthrocentesis; Oral epidemiology; Lingual pathology; Pseudopathology.

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