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The lesions were classified according to the fourth edition of the World Health Organization Classification of Head and Neck Tumors. Results: This study included 237 patients with a mean age of 31.53 \u00b1 14.97 years, of which 45.1% were female. Most patients (46.7%) had mandibular lesions, followed by maxillary lesions (35.9%). Only 2.95% of the tumors were malignant. Odontogenic cysts were the most prevalent (65.40%), with radicular cysts and keratocytes being the most common types. The most prevalent tumor types were odontoma and ameloblastoma. The most malignant lesion was multiple myeloma. Conclusions: Our findings reveal that mandibular cystic lesions predominated, and emphasize the low incidence of malignancy in the study population. 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