DENTIGEROUS CYST: A CLINICAL CASE REPORT

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Dr.Ilayanila.C
Dr.Sarah Samsu Nisha K
Dr.Santhosh Kumar.N
Dr.Sathya.D
Dr.Karthika P. Mds
Dr.Sathishkumar M. Mds

Keywords

Impacted tooth, cyst, Eruption, Dental follicle

Abstract

Dentigerous cyst is the most common type of non-inflammatory odontogenic cyst involves the crown of impacted teeth and causes fluid accumulation between the follicular epithelium and crown of the tooth. Large dentigerous cysts may occasionally be a sign of more severe diseases. Here we present an interesting case of a dentigerous cyst in 22 years old male patient involving unerupted permanent left mandibular third molar with an insight into differential diagnostic entities of dentigerous cyst. Upon thorough investigation dentigerous cyst was confirmed

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