Case Report of Dentigerous Cyst of Mandible Treated by Enucleation

Kim,  Kwang-Hyun; Chi,  Kwang-Won; Kim,  Hong-Ki; Choie,  Mock-Kyun

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 11(5); 1973 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 1973;11(5):309-312.
Published online May 31, 1973.

하악골에 발생한 거대 함치성 낭종의 치험례

김광현¹, 지광원², 김홍기³, 최목균⁴

^¹가톨릭의과대학 치과학교실
^²가톨릭의과대학 치과학교실
^³가톨릭의과대학 치과학교실
^⁴가톨릭의과대학 치과학교실

Case Report of Dentigerous Cyst of Mandible Treated by Enucleation

Kwang-Hyun Kim¹, Kwang-Won Chi², Hong-Ki Kim³, Mock-Kyun Choie⁴

¹Department of Dentistry, Catholic Medical College
²Department of Dentistry, Catholic Medical College
³Department of Dentistry, Catholic Medical College
⁴Department of Dentistry, Catholic Medical College

Abstract

The so-called eruption cyst, which occurs mostly on the third molar, is dentigerous cyst, arising at a late stage of tooth development. The authors have treated a dentigerous cyst occurred in angle region of the left mandible in 27-year-old woman who has complained of the facial asymmetry, by means of enucleation of the cyst in tis entirety and tooth removal, and resulted in a fairly good prognosis.