Dentigerous cyst

Case contributed by Frank Gaillard , 13 Sep 2008
Diagnosis almost certain
Changed by Ayush Goel, 10 Aug 2016

Updates to Case Attributes

Presentation was changed:
Discomfort in right molar region; Painpain.
Body was changed:

CT of the mandible demonstrates a well circumscribed cystic space around the crown of an unerrupted third molar extending to the cemento-enamelcementoenamel junction.

Findings are characteristic of an incidental dentigerous cyst.

  • -<p>CT of the mandible demonstrates a well circumscribed cystic space around the crown of an unerrupted third molar extending to the cemento-enamel junction. </p><p>Findings are characteristic of an incidental <a href="/articles/dentigerous-cyst" title="Dentigerous cysts">dentigerous cyst</a>.</p>
  • +<p>CT of the mandible demonstrates a well circumscribed cystic space around the crown of an unerrupted third molar extending to the cementoenamel junction.</p><p>Findings are characteristic of an incidental <a href="/articles/dentigerous-cyst">dentigerous cyst</a>.</p>

Systems changed:

  • Musculoskeletal

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