Table 2.
Lesions location in selected groups of lesions
| Location | Reactive lesions (n = 73) | Precancerous lesions/ potentially malignant lesions (n = 37) | Salivary gland pathologies (n = 36) | Benign tumours (n = 58) | Malignant tumours (n = 3) | Total (n = 212) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n % | n % | n % | n % | n % | n % | |||||||
| Floor of the mouth | 1 | 1.4 | 4 | 10.8 | 2 | 5.6 | – | – | – | – | 7 | 3.3 |
| Marginal gingiva | 10 | 13.7 | 3 | 8.1 | – | – | 1 | 1.7 | – | – | 14 | 6.6 |
| Tongue | 6 | 8.2 | 4 | 10.8 | – | – | 5 | 8.6 | – | – | 15 | 7.1 |
| Lip angle | 3 | 4.1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 3.4 | 1 | 33.3 | 6 | 2.8 |
| Soft palate | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 0.9 |
| Hard palate | 6 | 8.2 | 3 | 8.1 | 1 | 2.8 | 1 | 1.7 | – | – | 11 | 5.2 |
| Buccal mucosa | 11 | 15.1 | 8 | 21.6 | 3 | 8.3 | 21 | 36.2 | 1 | 33.3 | 44 | 20.8 |
| Vestibular mucosa | 16 | 21.9 | 2 | 5.4 | – | – | 5 | 8.6 | – | – | 23 | 10.8 |
| Lower lip | 7 | 9.6 | 6 | 16.2 | 30 | 83.3 | 15 | 25.9 | – | – | 59 | 27.8 |
| Upper lip | 1 | 1.4 | 1 | 2.7 | – | – | 2 | 3.4 | – | – | 4 | 1.9 |
| Alveolar process | 12 | 16.4 | 6 | 16.2 | – | – | 5 | 8.6 | – | – | 23 | 10.8 |