TY - JOUR AU - Šečić, Sadeta AU - Prohić, Samir AU - Komšić, Sanja PY - 2013/12/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Oral surgical procedures and prevalence of oral diseases in Oral Surgery Department in Faculty of Dentistry Sarajevo JF - Journal of Health Sciences JA - JHSCI VL - 3 IS - 3 SE - Research articles DO - 10.17532/jhsci.2013.109 UR - https://www.jhsci.ba/ojs/index.php/jhsci/article/view/94 SP - 210-215 AB - <strong>Introduction:</strong> The aim of this study is to determine prevalence of oral diseases and oral surgical procedures at Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University in Sarajevo.<br /><strong>Methods:</strong> The current study is retrospective analysis of oral surgical procedures performed from January 2011 to December 2012 at Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, University in Sarajevo. The data were statistically analyzed by T-test of independent samples and using Chi-squared test. P value lower than 0,001 was considered to be statistically significant.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> A total of 1299 patients were included in study. The age range is from 18 to 84 years, with mean age ± SD= 35±15 years. There were 42 different clinical diagnoses, and 13 diagnoses appeared in more than 1% of all patients. Impacted and semi-impacted teeth, periapical lesions and retained roots are the most frequent diagnoses and represent 68% of all diagnoses. Embedded and impacted teeth (35%) and diseases of pulp and periapical tissues (31%) are the most frequent diagnoses with respect of ICD-10. Impacted teeth is the most common diagnosis and removal of impacted third molars is the most common oral surgical procedure.<br /><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Study points out variety of dentoalveolar patology and complexity of dental health care that often requires interdisciplinary approach in order to achieve optimal outcome for patient. ER -