Epidemiological analysis of oral surgery procedures

The epidemiological study was conducted to assess oral health of patients referred to the Department of Oral Surgery at Clinical Hospital Center in Rijeka. The distribution of particular diagnoses and surgical interventions in relation to frequency of occurrence was tested. The total of 1,268 patients aged from 5 to 89 years, both sexes, were included in the study. All the patients were treated under local anesthesia. The most common reason for referral to oral surgery was chronic periapical lesion (33.3%), followed by retained root (26.7%), impacted tooth (12.7%), and radicular cyst (8.3%). The majority of patients, residents of Rijeka city area, were treated for the diagnosis of adult periodontitis, while the radicular cysts and hypertrophy of the upper frenulum were more frequent referral diagnoses in patients coming from the areas around Rijeka. Extractions were performed more frequently in patients from Rijeka, while cystectomies with apicectomies and frenulectomies in other patients.