Dentigerous cyst of Jaws: Clinico- pathological-imaging correlations of two cases

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Author Details : Asish Rajasekharan*, Sherin Ann Thomas, Twinkle S Prasad, Anita Balan, Sreedevi P U

Volume : 5, Issue : 4, Year : 2019

Article Page : 132-135

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.jooo.2019.032

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Abstract

Dentigerous cyst is an odontogenic cyst of developmental origin associated with the crown of an impacted, unerupted or partially erupted tooth. It is generally discovered only on routine radiographic examination. It is usually seen as a unilocular, well-defined pericoronal radiolucent area. The cyst cavity is lined by epithelial cells derived from the reduced enamel epithelium of the tooth. This cyst remain initially completely asymptomatic unless when infected secondarily. Here, two cases of dentigerous cyst are discussed.

Keywords: Dentigerous cyst, Impacted supernumerary teeth, Reduced enamel, Epithelium, Unilocular.

How to cite : Rajasekharan A, Thomas S A, Prasad T S, Balan A, Sreedevi P U, Dentigerous cyst of Jaws: Clinico- pathological-imaging correlations of two cases. J Oral Med Oral Surg Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 2019;5(4):132-135

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