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• Large DC may be associated with a painless expansion of the Figure 3: Dentigerous cyst.
Lateral variety showing a large
bone
cyst along the mesial root of
the un erupted molar.
• Infected DC causes pain and accelerated swelling.
1.2 Radiographically
1.4 Treatment
2.3 Histopathologically
2.4 Treatment
• Ages 20 to 30 years.
– multiple KC,
3.4 Histopathology
Figure 15: Nevoid basal cell
• Thin uniform lining of parakeratinized squamous epithelia carcinoma syndrome. Facial
deformity secondary to mul-
6-10 cells thickness.
tiple surgical procedures to
remove basal cell carcinomas.
• Palisaded layer of columnar or cuboidal basal cells.
• The C.T. wall is often loose and fibrillar and free of inflamma- Figure 16: Odontogenic kera-
tion. tocyst. Large, multilocular cyst
involving the ramus.
• Dental lamina rests and micro cysts (daughter or satellite) may
present in the capsule wall.
– the thin, friable nature of the cyst wall that result in fragments
3.6 Prognosis
Odontogenic keratocyst.
Computed tomography (CT) This cyst cannot be radiograph- A, Large unilocular radiolucency
scan showing a large cyst in- ically differentiated from a associated with right mandibu-
volving the crown of an un lateral periodontal cyst. (Cen- lar third molar. B, Six months
erupted maxillary third mo- ter) after insertion of a polyethylene
lar. The cyst largely fills the drainage tube to allow decom-
maxillary sinus. (Left) pression, the cyst has shrunk
and the third molar has migrated
downward and forward. (right)
8 3 ODONTOGENIC KERATOCYST (OK) (OKC) (KERATOCYSTIC ODONTOGENIC TUMOR)
Odontogenic keratocyst.
The epithelial lining is 6 to 8 cells thick, with a The characteristic microscopic features have been
hyperchromatic and palisaded basal cell layer. lost in the central area of this portion of the cystic
Note the corrugated parakeratotic surface. lining because of the heavy chronic inflammatory
cell infiltrate.
4 Orthokeratinized OC
• Variant of OK.
5 Lateral periodontal C.
5.1 Radiographically
5.3 Histopathology
• Clear cell epithelial rests sometimes are seen within the fibrous
wall.
5.4 Treatment
Figure 24: Lateral periodon-
• Enucleation. tal cyst. A larger lesion causing root
divergence.
• No recurrence.
6.1 Histopathologic
• Small, superficial and keratin filled cysts that are found on the
Figure 29: Gingival cyst of the
alveolar mucosa of infants. newborn. Multiple whitish
papules on the alveolar ridge
• Small, multiple whitish papules on the mucosa overlying the of a newborn infant.
alveolar processes of neonates.
7.1 Histopathology
• Aggressive behavior.
8.2 Radiographically
Figure 32: Glandular odonto-
Well defined unilocualr or multilocuallr RL. genic cyst. The cyst is lined by
stratified squamous epithelium
8.3 Histopathology that exhibits surface columnar
cells with cilia. Small micro-
• Lining by squamous epithelia of varying thickness. cysts and clusters of mucous
cells are present.
• The interface between the epithlia and the fibrous C.T. wall in
flat.
8.4 Treatment
• Maxilla.
• RL.
• Multilocualr RL.
9.3 Histopathology