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Case Reports
. 2013 Jul-Sep;31(3):209-11.
doi: 10.4103/0970-4388.117967.

Dentigerous cyst in a young child: clinical insight and a case report

R J Hegde  1 , S S Khare, V N Devrukhkar
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Dentigerous cyst in a young child: clinical insight and a case report

R J Hegde et al. J Indian Soc Pedod Prev Dent. 2013 Jul-Sep.

Abstract

A dentigerous cyst or follicular cyst is an odontogenic cyst - thought to be of developmental origin - associated with the crown of an unerupted tooth. Such cyst remain initially completely asymptomatic unless when infected. The purpose of this case report was to describe the diagnosis and management of dentigerous cyst in a 9-year-old boy. The chosen treatment was cyst enucleation and tooth extraction.

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