title: Report of a gingival "surgical cyst" developing secondarily to a subepithelial connective tissue graft.
abstract: The subepithelial connective tissue graft is a valuable technique used to cover exposed root surfaces or to increase the zone of attached gingiva. Cysts, such as the gingival cyst of the adult, are epithelial-lined cysts which may arise from heterotropic glandular tissue, a proliferating rete peg, remnants of the dental lamina, or traumatic implantation of epithelial tissue. In this paper, a case report is described of a "surgical cyst" or cystic morphogenesis of surgically implanted epithelium developing secondarily to a subepithelial connective tissue graft.
authors.affiliation: 163rd Medical battalion (DS), Yongsan, Korea.
authors.forename: L G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Breault
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Billman
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003238:Connective Tissue / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation; D003560:Cysts / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005881:Gingiva / Q000637:transplantation*; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005889:Gingival Recession / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications