Publications by authors named "Edwin A Dovigi"
Purpose: The purposes of this study were to: (1) report patient age, gender, and anatomical information on a large number of pediatric oral biopsies in the United States; and (2) highlight differences in recent pediatric oral lesions compared to past pediatric studies and an adult population.
Methods: A total of 4,554 pediatric biopsies received over the past 13 years (2001-2015) were surveyed. Patient's age, gender, anatomical site of biopsy, and diagnosis were described under 10 diagnostic categories: (1) malignant neoplasm; (2) benign neoplasm; (3) infectious; (4) reactive; (5) precancerous; (6) developmental; (7) healthy tissue; (8) immune dysfunction; (9) physical trauma; and (10) other.
Background: Few studies have compared patient and anatomic characteristics across the broad scope of oral and maxillofacial disease seen in dental clinics. The authors conducted a study to make these comparisons by surveying a large sample of histologically diagnosed oral and maxillofacial lesions in a US adult population.
Methods: A total of 51,781 specimens biopsied from 51,781 adult patients were received by an oral pathology service over 13 years (2001-2015) and analyzed.