Dentigerous cyst arising from a complex odontoma: an unusual presentation

Kapil Dagrus, Sharad Purohit, Bhari Sharanesha Manjunatha

BMJ Case Reports · 2016 · 11 citations · 2 references

DOIFull text

Open access

Concepts

Abstract

A 21-year-old man presented with pain in the right posterior region of the jaw for 10–15 days. The pain was mild, dull and non-radiating in nature, beginning with slight pressure and relieved within seconds. Clinically, the patient was healthy with an unremarkable medical history. On inspection, the patient had congenitally missing mandibular molar teeth along with absence of clinical swelling intraorally. Panoramic radiograph showed an amorphous, dense, irregularly shaped radio-opacity surrounded by a well-defined radiolucency in the apical region of 46, 47 and 48, which extended …

References

2