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BUNN, BK; GWENGU, P  e  MUDAU, S. Dentigerous cyst of inflammatory origin: a case report. S. Afr. dent. j. [online]. 2024, vol.79, n.6, pp.333-336. ISSN 0375-1562.  https://doi.org/10.17159/sadj.v79i06.18495.

BACKGROUND: To document a case of a dentigerous cyst of inflammatory origin which developed due to periapical infection from a grossly carious deciduous tooth METHODS: An 11-year-old male patient presented with a 4-month history of swelling within the right mandible. Radiological examination showed a cystic lesion in association with an impacted, displaced tooth 44 with an overlying carious 85. Marked expansion of the buccal bone was noted RESULTS: Due to the special needs of this patient, radical treatment including extraction of tooth 85, enucleation of the cystic lesion as well as extraction of the impacted tooth 44 was performed CONCLUSION: Careful clinicopathological and radiological correlation of a large cystic lesion associated with an impacted tooth in the setting of an overlying grossly carious primary tooth will yield the diagnosis of a dentigerous cyst of inflammatory origin

Palavras-chave : Dentigerous cyst; dentigerous cyst of inflammatory origin; follicular cyst; developmental odontogenic cyst.

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