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Review
. 2005 Mar;262(3):246-9.
doi: 10.1007/s00405-004-0782-4. Epub 2004 May 5.

Upper lip swelling caused by a large dentigerous cyst

Paolo Scolozzi  1 , Tommaso Lombardi, Michel Richter
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Review

Upper lip swelling caused by a large dentigerous cyst

Paolo Scolozzi et al. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2005 Mar.

Abstract

Swelling of the upper lip can result from various diseases such as salivary tumors, infectious and inflammatory diseases and cysts. Among the latter, dentigerous cysts, typically involving unerupted teeth, are sometimes associated with supernumerary teeth in the maxillary anterior incisors region called the mesiodens. We report an unusual case of a large dentigerous cyst associated with an impacted mesiodens in a 42-year-old male who presented with a slow-growing swelling in the upper lip.

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