Presentation
Painless left jaw swelling
Patient Data
Age: 25 years
Gender: Male
From the case:
Dentigerous cyst
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Large unilocular well-defined pericoronal radiolucency is seen at the left side of mandible which have a thin regular sclerotic margin and expand the overlying cortex without cortical breach. The lesion also contain an unerrupted permanent tooth.
Case Discussion
The findings are compatible with a dentigerous cyst, a slow-growing benign and non-inflammatory odontogenic cyst thought to be developmental.