Soylu, EmrahÖztürk, KübraTopan, CihanEtöz, Osman A.Alkan, Alper2025-02-242025-02-2420191018-36551018-3655https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14440/501Pathology is an important discipline which can makethe definitive diagnose of the lesions and help surgeonsfor the treatment of the lesions. Biopsy materials takenfrom the oral maxillofacial area are examined by pathologists and the results helps the surgeon to identifythe characteristic of the lesion and possible treatmentmodalities of lesions. This study includes the biopsyresults taken from the patients referred to Erciyes University Faculty of Dentistry Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery between the years of 2005-2011. Fourhundred and seventy-nine biopsy results were includedin this study. As the result of this study 96.9% (n=464)biopsy were benign lesions, 3.1% (n=15) were malignlesions, 25.2% (n=121) were infection cyst, 13.3%(n=64) were developmental cyst, 3.5% (n=17) were non-odontogenic cyst, 5.4% (n=26) were benign odontogenic tumor, 8.7% (n=42) were benign non-odontogenictumor, 37.1% (n=178) were benign re-active lesions,3.3% (n=16) were benign fibro-osseous lesion. In ourcountry, patients who are complaining about lesions intheir oral cavity are referred either to the department ofplastic and reconstructive surgery or to the departmentof otolaryngology clinics instead of oral and maxillofacial departments. This can be the possible reason for thelow rate result of malign lesion in this study.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessDiş HekimliğiPatolojiArticle7427035104828