title: A review of odontogenic keratocyst with a report of unusual occurrence in the maxilla.
abstract: Odontogenic keratocysts (OKC) are keratinizing epithelium-lined cycts of the jaws with well-defined histologic criteria and possessing one clinical feature warranting their recognition and separation as a distinctive entity, due to their exceedingly high recurrence rate. This report describes a case of OKC which occurred in the anterior maxilla in a 12 year old female child, with its treatment. These lesions are normally seen in the mandible, and are rare in the maxilla.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Oral Medicine and Radiology, College of Dental Surgery, Mangalore, India.
authors.forename: U A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: B P
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Rajeshkumar
authors.forename: Junaid
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Baliga
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D009807:Odontogenic Cysts / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography