Evaluating the Harmony Between Clinical Observations and Pathological Findings in Oral Soft Tissue Lesions: A Two-Decade Retrospective Study of Diagnostic Consistency.

Aim: This study aims to evaluate the concordance rate between clinical diagnoses and pathological findings of oral soft tissue lesions.

Methods: In this retrospective descriptive-analytical study, we analyzed 7901 cases of oral tissue lesions referred to the pathology department at Shahid Beheshti Faculty of Dentistry from 1996 to 2022. Data extracted from archived records included age, sex, lesion location, and both clinical and histopathological diagnoses.