Prevalence of Mucocele Among Patients Visiting Private Dental Hospital- An Institutional Study

Abstract

Introduction: Oral mucocele  is a benign, mucus-containing cystic lesion of the minor salivary gland. They occur in two forms one is the extravasation type and the other is retention type. The present study assesses the current prevalence of oral mucoceles among patients visiting the Oral Pathology department of a private dental hospital.

Objectives: Aim of this study is to  assess the current prevalence of oral mucoceles among patients visiting the Oral Pathology department of a private dental hospital.

Methods: Data of cases diagnosed as Oral mucocele was extracted using the DIAS All the cases were collected in specified time and from patients who had undergone biopsy.The obtained data were subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS software

Results: From this study it was evident that mucoceles were more prevalent in males when compared to females.Extravasation type of mucocele (60%)  was the most common mucocele reported in males. In females extravasation type was reported in 20% of the females and 10% reported retention type of mucoceles. Pearson Chi-square test shows p value was found to be 0.2 (>0.05) and was statistically not significant

Conclusions: From this study we can conclude that mucocele is more prevalent among male  patients than female patients .They often go away without treatment. However, removal of the feeding salivary gland might occasionally be required.