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Further Observations on the Gingival Cyst: Three Case Reports
Author(s) -
Moskow Bernard S.,
Weinstein Monroe M.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1975.46.3.178
Subject(s) - gingival disease , medicine , cyst , dentistry , pathology
Three clinically discernable gingival cysts have been described and documented histologically. Two of these lesions occurred in the same patient in adjacent areas of the mouth. The potential origin of such cysts has been described. We suggest that gingival cysts are not clinical curiosities, as proposed in earlier reports.