title: Conservative treatment of dentigerous cyst associated with primary teeth.
abstract: Dentigerous cyst is the most common odontogenic cyst. It is characterized by a unilocular radiolucent lesion that encloses permanent tooth buds or, under certain circumstances, displaced tooth buds. Buccal bony expansion is the most common clinical feature. Several treatment modalities have been mentioned in the literature for management of dentigerous cysts. The purpose of this article was to report an extensive right mandibular dentigerous cyst on a 10-year-old boy. Marsupialization was chosen to preserve the permanent tooth bud and a denturelike obturator was then provided for space maintenance and masticatory function. Long-term follow-up revealed good healing of the bony lesion with converted tooth eruption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kuei Shan Hsiang, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Yu-Hsuan
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Yu-Liang
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Aileen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003803:Dentigerous Cyst / Q000601:surgery*; D003832:Denture, Partial, Removable; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008336:Mandibular Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008963:Molar / Q000473:pathology*; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D013027:Space Maintenance, Orthodontic / Q000295:instrumentation; D014078:Tooth Eruption / Q000502:physiology; D014083:Tooth Germ / Q000473:pathology; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology