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[email protected] Universidade da Região de Joinville Brasil Ghasemi Moridani, Shila; Shaahsavari, Fatemeh; Bagher Adeli, Mohammad A 7-year retrospective study of biopsied oral lesions in 460 Iranian patients RSBO Revista Sul-Brasileira de Odontologia, vol. 11, núm. 2, abril-junio, 2014, pp. 118-124 Universidade da Região de Joinville Joinville, Brasil Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=153030612002 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative ISSN: Electronic version: 1984-5685 RSBO. 2014 Apr-Jun;11(2):118-24 Original Research Article A 7-year retrospective study of biopsied oral lesions in 460 Iranian patients Shila Ghasemi Moridani1 Fatemeh Shaahsavari1 Mohammad Bagher Adeli2 Corresponding author: Shila Ghasemi Moridani Postal Address: No 2 – Kashani pour st. Opposite of Barghe – Alestom – Satarkhan st. – Tehran – Iran E-mail:
[email protected] 1 Oral Pathology Department, Islamic Azad University, Dental Branch – Tehran – Iran. 2 Private practice – Tehran – Iran. Received for publication: August 21, 2013. Accepted for publication: November 26, 2013. Abstract Keywords: oral lesion; retrospective study. Introduction: Frequency of oral lesions is varied in different population and knowledge of diseases prevalence in a geographic location will improve preventive measures. Objective: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of oral biopsied lesions in a major oral pathology laboratory center of city of Tehran. Material and methods: A retrospective study was done on data obtained from the archive of oral and maxillofacial pathology department of Islamic Azad University, dental branch of Tehran, from 2005 to 2011.