Professional paper

Dentigerous Cyst of Inflammatory origin: a Diagnostic Challenge

Manjunatha BHARI SHARANESHA ; Department of Oral and Maxillo-facial Pathology, K M Shah Dental College & Hospital, Gujarat State, India
Deepak Pateel GOWDA SADASHIVAPPA ; Department of Oral and Maxillo-facial Pathology, K M Shah Dental College & Hospital, Gujarat State, India

Abstract

Odontogenic cysts are commonly encountered in routine dental practice and can be developmental or inflammatory in origin. These are often destructive to both teeth and jaws. In many instances, different types of cysts exhibit similar findings clinically, radiographically & histopathologically. In such cases, accurate diagnosis depends on co-relation of all these findings. A dentigerous
cyst is one that encloses the crown of an unerupted tooth by expansion of its follicle and is attached to the neck of the tooth and it is usually associated with any of the unerupted tooth. It is also been reported that progressing inflammation from the root apex of the deciduous tooth brings about the development of the dentigerous cyst around the unerupted permanent tooth. One such rare case of inflammatory dentigerous cyst (IDC) in left mandibular canine region in a 12 year old boy is presented in this article, which was treated by enucleation of the cyst along with the tooth.

Keywords

Dentigerous Cyst; Tooth, Impacted; Odontogenic Cyst

Hrčak ID:

48934

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/48934

Publication date:

15.3.2010.

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