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Bilateral dentigerous cyst in a non-syndromic patient: Report of an unusual case with review of the literature

Dentigerous cysts are the most common developmental cysts of the jaws, most frequently associated with impacted mandibular third molar teeth and impacted canines. Bilateral dentigerous cysts are rare and occur typically in association with a developmental syndrome. The occurrence of bilateral dentig...

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Autores principales: Tamgadge, Avinash, Tamgadge, Sandhya, Bhatt, Daivat, Bhalerao, Sudhir, Pereira, Treville, Padhye, Mukul
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3125666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731287
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-029X.80017
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Sumario:Dentigerous cysts are the most common developmental cysts of the jaws, most frequently associated with impacted mandibular third molar teeth and impacted canines. Bilateral dentigerous cysts are rare and occur typically in association with a developmental syndrome. The occurrence of bilateral dentigerous cysts is rare and, to date, only 21 cases have been reported in literature till 2009. Here, we report a case of bilateral dentigerous cysts in maxillae of non-syndromic 10-year-old patient with brief review of literature.