Fate of pulpectomized deciduous teeth: Bilateral odontogenic cyst?
Pulpectomy is preferably more conservative treatment option than the extraction of deciduous teeth despite few undesirable consequences of obturating materials of which odontogenic cysts are one. This article aims to report a case of an 11-year-old female child having bilateral odontogenic cysts, i.e., radicular and infected dentigerous cyst followed by pulpectomy of deciduous molars using zinc oxide eugenol which was surgically enucleated and followed up to 6 months until satisfactory healing of bone was observed. The article also emphasizes on the importance of regular follow-up of the pulpectomized tooth which can be harmful otherwise.
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Dental College and Hospital, Sangli, Maharashtra, India.
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Sandhyarani
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, P.M.N.M. Dental College and Hospital, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India.
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Noorani
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, P.M.N.M. Dental College and Hospital, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India.
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Shivaprakash
Department of Prosthodontics, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Dental College and Hospital, Sangli, Maharashtra, India.
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Dayanand
Dentigerous cyst; enucleation; radicular cyst; zinc oxide eugenol cement