ORAL LESIONS IN A JORDANIAN POPULATION

Since there is little information available on the prevalence of oral lesions in the Middle East population generally, and no data on the Jo rdanian population, this study was undertaken to correct this deficien cy in our knowledge. During this investigation 2175 consecutive asympt omatic dental patients attending the Initial Treatment Unit in the Fac ulty of Dentistry, Jordan University of Science and Technology were ex amined for the presence of oral lesions. A total of 30 different oral lesions and conditions were diagnosed. Fordyce's granules and tori wer e the most common conditions diagnosed-in 49 per cent and 15.7 per cen t of the subjects respectively. Larger scale studies are required on a n unselected group of the Jordanian population to assess the overall s ignificance of the findings.