There are several kinds of odontogenic cysts with a range of clinical significance.
Types:
(1) root-related
(2) crown-related
(3) other
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Root-Related |
Features |
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peri-apical (radicular) |
most common, associated with pulpal injury associated with trauma or dental caries |
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residual |
peri-apical cyst remaining after tooth extracted |
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lateral periodontal |
along the roots of mandibular cuspids or bicuspids |
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botryoid odontogenic |
polycystic variant of lateral peri-odontal cyst |
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Crown-Related |
Features |
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paradental |
partially erupted mandibular third molar |
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dentigerous |
surrounds the crown of a nonerupted permanent tooth, most often a third molar or maxillary cuspid |
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eruption |
bluish or bluish-red dome-shaped lesion affecting an erupting deciduous tooth |
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Other |
Features |
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gingival |
congenital, with cystic degeneration of the dental lamina |
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odontogenic keratocyst |
nevoid basal cell cancer syndrome (multiple basal cell carcinomas, skeletal anomalies, dyskeratotic pitting of hands and feet, ectopic soft tissue calcifications, ovarian fibromas, lymphatic mesenteric cysts, hypertelorism, medulloblastoma, etc) |
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calcifying odontogenic |
Gorlin cyst; mandibular cyst with ghost cells, seen as a cystic radiolucency with areas of opacification (calcifications) |
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glandular odontogenic (sialo-odontogenic) |
usually a multi-locular radiolucencies in the anterior mandible |
Specialty: Otolaryngology
