Title
Prevalence of oral mucocele among outpatients at Saveetha Dental Hospital, India
Authors
Shalini Sathiyamoorthy1, S. Gheena3* & Ravindra Kumar Jain2
Affiliation
1Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical
and Technical science, Saveetha University, Chennai – 600077, Email
id: 151501087.sdc@saveetha.com; 2Department of Orthodontics,
Saveetha Dental college and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical
and
Technical science, Saveetha University, Chennai – 600077; Email -
ravindrakumar@saveetha.com; 3Department of Oral Pathology, Saveetha
Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and
Technical science, Saveetha University, Chennai – 600077
Email - gheens@gmail.com; gheena@saveetha.com; Corresponding author*
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received October 7, 2020; Revised October 27, 2020; Accepted October 27, 2020; Published December 31, 2020
Abstract
Oral mucoceles are the most common benign minor salivary gland
lesions. It is of interest to document the prevalence of oral
mucocele among outpatients at the Saveetha Dental Hospital, India.
We used patient data (12 case records) with mucocele occurrence for
this
analysis. Data included age, gender, diagnosis, lesion duration and
relevant dental history. Data shows that oral mucocele were seen
predominantly in males (66%) when compared to females (34%). The
most affected site in the oral cavity was the lower lip (58%). Thus,
data shows that oral mucocele was predominantly seen in males
compared to females. Data also shows that the lower lip is often
affected.
Keywords
Mucocele; benign lesion; upper lip; minor salivary gland.
Citation
Sathiyamoorthy et al. Bioinformation 16(12): 1013-108 (2020)
Edited by
P Kangueane
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
