Open AccessDentigerous Cyst in a young child: Clinical Insight and A Case report
Author(s) -
Rahul J Hegde,
Sumedh S Khare,
Vishakha N Devrukhkar
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of the indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry/journal of indian society of pedodontics and preventive dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.378
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3905
pISSN - 0970-4388
DOI - 10.4103/0970-4388.117967
Subject(s) - dentigerous cyst , cyst , follicular cyst , enucleation , medicine , odontogenic cyst , asymptomatic , crown (dentistry) , dentistry , pathology , surgery
A dentigerous cyst or follicular cyst is an odontogenic cyst - thought to be of developmental origin - associated with the crown of an unerupted tooth. Such cyst remain initially completely asymptomatic unless when infected. The purpose of this case report was to describe the diagnosis and management of dentigerous cyst in a 9-year-old boy. The chosen treatment was cyst enucleation and tooth extraction.