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Item Lesions of the Jaws: A Pathological Review of 2,216 Cases at Faculty of Dentistry, Prince of Songkla University between 1989-2007(Journal of the Dental Association of Thailand, 2010-08-31) Supis Chungpanich; Associate Professor; Suparp Kietthubthew; Associate Professor; Angkana Sukboon; ScientistThis article reports an analysis of histopathological diagnoses of a series of jawbone lesions retrieved from files in the Oral Pathology Unit at the Faculty of Dentistry, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand between October 1989 and June 2007. A total of2,216 cases of jaw bone lesions were reviewed. Modification in diagnosis was adapted according to WHO classification 2005. The lesions were divided into five categories: 1) Cystic lesions, 2) Odontogenic tumours (OTs), 3) Tumour–like lesions (TLLs) 4) Non–odontogenic tumours (NOTs), and 5) Miscellaneous lesions (MLs). The majority (50.32%) of the lesions were cystic lesions. There were 24.81% OTs, 7.90% TLLs, 3.92% NOTs, and 13.05% MLs. The three most commonly diagnosed jawbone cysts were radicularcysts (57.31%), dentigerous cysts (19.55%), and residual cysts (4.48%). Among the OTs, ameloblastoma (47.27%), keratocystic odontogenic tumours (23.64%), and odontoma (14.00%) were predominant. In the NOTs, it constituted 75.86% malignant lesions with non–Hodgkin’s lymphoma (25.29%), osteosarcoma (12.64%) and multiple myeloma (6.89%) dominated the group. The major primary sites of metastatic tumours to the jawbone were thyroid gland and breast. In this study, radicular cysts (28.84%), ameloblastoma (11.73%) and dentigerous cysts (9.84%) were the three most common jawbone lesions. This report of a large number of jawbone lesions of Thais would behelpful for physicians and general dental practitioners in their daily practices.