Year : 2015

Volume : Volume 5

Issue : Issue 1

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Avanindra Kumar
avanindrakumar@gmail.com

Abstract

Background: Odontogenic cysts can be developmental or inflammatory in origin and are often destructive to both teeth and jaws. In many cases, clinical, radiographic and histological features overlap between various cysts. In such cases, accurate diagnosis depends upon correlation 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. It has been also reported tooth progressing inflammation from root apex of the deciduous tooth bring about the development of dentigerous cyst around the unerupted permanent tooth. One such rare case of inflammatory dentigerous cyst (IDC) in lower left mandibular 3rd molar region in a 17 year old boy is presented in this article, which was treated by enucleation of the cysts along with surgical removal of tooth.

Keywords: Inflammatory cyst, Dentigerous cyst, Unerupted tooth, Arcading pattern.