cysts of the jaws

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Case of the Week: Dentigerous cyst

This entry was posted in Case of the week and tagged cysts of the jaws dentigerous cyst on November 4, 2011 by Dr. Shawneen Gonzalez

This week is a case of a quite large dentigerous cyst.  A dentigerous cyst will appear radiolucent surrounding the crown of an impacted tooth.  The teeth most commonly effected are the maxillary canines and third molars (both maxilla and mandible).  A pathognomonic sign of a dentigerous cyst is that the […]

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Case of the Week: Radicular cyst

This entry was posted in Case of the week and tagged cysts of the jaws radicular / periapical cyst on October 28, 2011 by Dr. Shawneen Gonzalez

This week I have an example of a very large radicular cyst (sometimes referred to as a periapical cyst) that was encroaching on the maxillary sinus.  The patient presented with no symptoms during a new patient exam.  A pantomograph was made.  On the pantomograph, a well-defined ovoid radiolucent entity is […]

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