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Bilateral mandibular dentigerous cysts: a case report

2014; CENTRO DE PESQUISAS ODONTOLOGICAS SAO LEOPOLDO MANDIC; Volume: 62; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/1981-8637201400030000010641

ISSN

1981-8637

Autores

Hécio Henrique Araújo de Morais, Tasiana Guedes de Souza Dias, Ricardo José de Holanda Vasconcellos, Belmiro Cavalcanti do Egito Vasconcelos, Auremir Rocha Melo, David Alencar Gondim, Ricardo Wathson Feitosa de Carvalho,

Tópico(s)

Oral and gingival health research

Resumo

Dentigerous cysts are frequently found in the maxilla. After radicular cysts, dentigerous cysts are those most commonly diagnosed, accounting for 20% of all jaw cysts. They are often asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally during routine examinations. Clinical complications such as dental displacement, ectopic eruption, dental impaction, adjacent tooth root resorption, cortical expansion with facial asymmetry, paresthesia, pathological fracture, and even malignant transformation may occur. Despite these classical features, definitive diagnosis must always be based on histological examination. Most dentigerous cysts are solitary. The aim of this article is to report a case of bilateral mandibular dentigerous cysts in a non-syndromic patient and, through a literature review, present the available treatment modalities used successfully in this case.

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