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Introduction: Dental follicle arises from odontogenicmesenchyme which result in tooth formation. Study aimed toestimate pathological alteration in follicle of impacted thirdmolar(ITM) in cone beam computer tomography (CBCT)and correlation with patient’s age, gender, site and angularposition.Material and Methods: Dental follicle (DF) from 80 ITMwere collected from 68 patients with follicular space ≤ 1.5 mmas measured from the CBCT. dental follicle associated withimpacted teeth were extracted and sent for histopatholicalexamination. statistical analysis was performed.Results: In 80 follicles which were evaluated for patholocalchanges were taken from patients ranging from age of 18to 50 years with a mean age of 37.5 years out if which 21were females and 19 were males. Pathological alterationwere found associated with 10 (35%) follicles which wasstatistically significant (p < 0.001). Incidence of pathologywas slightly more in females and in mandibular jaw. Lesionswere most commonly seen in jaws which were distoangularlyand horizontally impacted.Conclusion: it was concluded that radiographically normalappearing impacted teeth may be associated with variouspathology. So histopatholoic evaluation of all impacted teethis mandatory
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Objectives: Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF) is a common chronic debilitating oral health problem in India. The present study was conducted to correlate clinical staging with histopathological grading in patients of OSMF. Material and methods: The present study comprised of 50 patients of OSMF, which were evaluated for the age, sex, site, habit and clinical stage and were correlated with histological grading. Results: OSMF was reported as more in younger age group with a male predominance. Smokeless tobacco particularly arecanut and gutka showed a strong association in early development of OSMF. Conclusion:Though the present study showed no significant correlation between clinicalstaging and histopathological grading with p=0.635. This difference may be attributed toseverity and amount of fibrosis in various parts of the oral mucosa.