title: Dentigerous cyst associated with an impacted anterior maxillary supernumerary tooth.
abstract: A dentigerous cyst is a developmental odontogenic cyst which develops from the reduced enamel epithelium in an impacted permanent tooth and is rarely associated with supernumerary teeth. The purpose of this article was to report the case of an 8-year-old Korean boy with a dentigerous cyst associated with an impacted anterior maxillary supernumerary tooth and its dental management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dentistry, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University, Kyunggi-Do, South Korea. yekyung@ilsanpaik.ac.kr
authors.forename: Yekyung
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shun
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003803:Dentigerous Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014081:Tooth Extraction; D014087:Tooth Movement Techniques; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014096:Tooth, Supernumerary / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery