Case Report

Decompression of a Large Periapical Lesion: A Case Report of 4-Year Follow-Up

Table 1

Distribution of chronic periapical lesions as reported in various studies.

StudyGranuloma (%)Cyst (%)Abscess (%)Other (%)

Bhaskar, 1966 [6]48.042.010.0
Nair et al., 1996 [7]50.015.035.0
Ricucci et al., 2006 [14]61.417.521.1
Becconsall-Ryan et al., 2010 [15]59.729.2
Love and Firth, 2009 [4]77.018.03.02.0
Koivisto et al., 2012 [16]40.433.126.5
Saraf et al., 2014 [5]66.710.06.7
Çalışkan et al., 2016 [8]72.021.54.32.2