Massive Infected Dentigerous Cyst in a Young Child

Dentigerous cysts are odontogenic cysts that form on the crown of an unerupted or partially erupted tooth. They are specifically anchored to the cementoenamel junction. Dentigerous cysts are known to rarely involve impacted deciduous teeth. Because of this rarity, this article reports a unique case...

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Autores principales: Azariah, Emmanuel D, Ramalingam, Suganya, Harikrishnan, Thamizhchelvan, Khodabux, Rachael J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Pathology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10300503/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37388616
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39621
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author Azariah, Emmanuel D
Ramalingam, Suganya
Harikrishnan, Thamizhchelvan
Khodabux, Rachael J
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description Dentigerous cysts are odontogenic cysts that form on the crown of an unerupted or partially erupted tooth. They are specifically anchored to the cementoenamel junction. Dentigerous cysts are known to rarely involve impacted deciduous teeth. Because of this rarity, this article reports a unique case of a five-year-old female patient who developed a dentigerous cyst in relation to a developing permanent left mandibular first molar tooth with its surgical treatment and histopathological features.
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spelling pubmed-103005032023-06-29 Massive Infected Dentigerous Cyst in a Young Child Azariah, Emmanuel D Ramalingam, Suganya Harikrishnan, Thamizhchelvan Khodabux, Rachael J Cureus Pathology Dentigerous cysts are odontogenic cysts that form on the crown of an unerupted or partially erupted tooth. They are specifically anchored to the cementoenamel junction. Dentigerous cysts are known to rarely involve impacted deciduous teeth. Because of this rarity, this article reports a unique case of a five-year-old female patient who developed a dentigerous cyst in relation to a developing permanent left mandibular first molar tooth with its surgical treatment and histopathological features. Cureus 2023-05-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10300503/ /pubmed/37388616 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39621 Text en Copyright © 2023, Azariah et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Massive Infected Dentigerous Cyst in a Young Child
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title_short Massive Infected Dentigerous Cyst in a Young Child
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10300503/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.39621
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