Artigo Acesso aberto Produção Nacional Revisado por pares

Glandular odontogenic cyst: an uncommon entity

2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 75; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1808-8694(15)30800-4

ISSN

1808-8694

Autores

Michelle Manzini, Christian Deon, Liliam Dalla Corte, José Carlos Bertotto, Luciana Boff de Abreu,

Tópico(s)

dental development and anomalies

Resumo

The glandular odontogenic cyst is a cyst that arises in development sites of the teeth; it is usually found in the mandible and maxilla,1 and is characterized by cuboi-dal or columnar epithelium on the surface and in crypts within the epithelium.This cyst generally is encountered in the anterior areas of the mandible; it is more common in adults aged over 40 years, and tends to recur. The recorded prevalen-ce ranges from 0.012 to 1.3%.

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