TODENTJ-25-03-2019_TODENTJ-12-1050 1553507641 Bentham Open doi@benthamopen.net Bentham Open The Open Dentistry Journal TODENTJ 1874-2106 11 30 2018 12 1 Nidhi Puri Upasana Sethi Ahuja Manu Dhillon Akshay Rathore Aim: To evaluate the accuracy of Ultrasonography as a diagnostic aid in cysts, benign tumors and malignancies of maxillofacial region. Objectives: This study was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of the osseous lesions of the jaws including cysts, benign tumors and malignant tumors. All the findings obtained by ultrasonography were compared and correlated with the clinical diagnosis, radiographic diagnosis and histopathological findings. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted on 42 patients with osseous maxillofacial swellings. The clinical and radiographic examination was carried out for all the patients who were afterward subjected to ultrasonography with color Doppler followed by histopathology. All the findings obtained were then statistically analyzed. Results: The utility of ultrasonography was evaluated considering histopathology as a gold standard. The diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound was found to be 100% in cystic lesions, 80% in benign tumors, and 85.71% in malignant tumors. Conclusion: Ultrasonography provides an accurate imaging of the head and neck region and does provide information about the nature of the lesion, its extent, and relationship with the surrounding structures. We propose the use of ultrasonography as an adjunctive examination for osseous lesions of the jaws before any invasive treatment. 11 30 2018 1050 1058 TODENTJ-12-1050 1 10.2174/crossmark_policy opendentistryjournal.com benthamopen.com true Peer Reviewed Single blind Checked with iThenticate 2018-08-14 2018-10-27 2018-11-11 2018-11-30 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode 10.2174/1874210601811131050 1553507641 https://opendentistryjournal.com/VOLUME/12/PAGE/1050/ https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V12/TODENTJ-12-1050/TODENTJ-12-1050.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V12/TODENTJ-12-1050/TODENTJ-12-1050.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V12/TODENTJ-12-1050/TODENTJ-12-1050.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V12/TODENTJ-12-1050/TODENTJ-12-1050.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V12/TODENTJ-12-1050/TODENTJ-12-1050.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V12/TODENTJ-12-1050/TODENTJ-12-1050.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V12/TODENTJ-12-1050/TODENTJ-12-1050.pdf https://opendentistryjournal.com/contents/volumes/V12/TODENTJ-12-1050/TODENTJ-12-1050.xml White SC, Pharoah MJ. 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