TREATMENT OF DENTIGEROUS CYST: REPORT OF A CASE

Kim,  Kwang-Hyun; Lee,  Bong-Won

J Korean Dent Assoc > Volume 15(1); 1977 > Article

The Journal of The Korean Dental Association 1977;15(1):27-31.
Published online January 31, 1977.

함치성양종의 치험예

김광현¹, 이봉원²

^¹가톨릭의과대학 치과학교실
^²해군본부 기지병원 치과

TREATMENT OF DENTIGEROUS CYST: REPORT OF A CASE

Kwang-Hyun Kim¹, Bong-Won Lee²

¹Department of Dentistry, Catholic Medical College
²Department of Dentistry, Naval HQ's Base Hospital

Abstract

Dentigerous cysts are closed epithelium-lined sacs formed about the crowns of unerupted teeth. Most of them probably are the result of degenerative changes in the reduced enamel epithelium. The authors observed 1 3 year old girl with a swelling and buccal bony expansion of the left mandible. Roentgen examination showed a cystic area in the left side of mandible. Under general anesthesia by means of nasotracheal intubation, intraorally, the operation by enucleation consisted in surgical removal of dentigerous cyst and the left unerupted Ist molar of mandible. The cavity was partially sutured and packed with iodoform gauze. Healing was uneventful.