Year : 2018

Volume : Volume 8

Issue : Issue 3

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Dr. Satyajit Ashok Tekade.
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Abstract

Background:  Dentigerous cysts are the second most common odontogenic cysts after radicular cysts and are most commonly seen in association with third molars and maxillary canines. Only 5% of dentigerous cysts involve supernumerary teeth, of which mesiodens is the most frequent type. This paper presents a case of dentigerous cyst associated with a mesiodens that caused a painless swelling in the maxillary ridge of an edentulous 42 year-old male. The patient was treated surgically by enucleation of total cyst and surgical extraction of mesiodens under local anesthesia.

Keywords: Dentigerous cyst, mesiodens, supernumerary tooth.