DENTIGEROUS CYST OF A MAXILLARY MESIODENS: CASE REPORTS

Lee, In-Youn; Kim, Tae-Wan; Kim, Young-Jin; Kim, Hyun-Jung; Nam, Soon-Hyeun

Journal of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 2008;35(3):548-555.
Published online August 31, 2008.

DENTIGEROUS CYST OF A MAXILLARY MESIODENS: CASE REPORTS

In-Youn Lee, Tae-Wan Kim, Young-Jin Kim, Hyun-Jung Kim, Soon-Hyeun Nam

Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Kyungpook National University

상악 정중 과잉치에서 발생한 함치성 낭종을 가진 환아의 치험례

이인영, 김태완, 김영진, 김현정, 남순현

경북대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실

Correspondence: Soon-Hyeun Nam, Tel: 053-420-5964, Email: dflove8226@naver.com

Received: 7 March 2008 • Accepted: 10 June 2008

Abstract

Dentigerous cyst is the most common type of odontogenic cyst followed by radicular cyst. Most of dentigerous cysts originate from the permanent dentition and a few of them are associated with mesiodens. The complications of a dentigerous cyst associated with mesiodens are eruption abnomalies of adjacent teeth, root resorption, displacement, rotation, diastema and the secondary infection of the cyst due to adjacent teeth. The treatment of a dentigerous cyst of a maxillary mesiodens is to enucleate a cyst with a mesiodens. Otherwise, when it is close to adjacent teeth, a cyst is to reduce the through marsupialization after removing a mesiodens. There are numerous studies on dentigerous cysts and mesiodentes alone; however, the studies on the association of the two are rare. These are case reports about patients with mixed dentition whose dentigerous cyst of a maxillary mesiodens had been removed. After removal, the patients have been regularly checked up and shown satisfactory progress.

Key Words: Dentigerous cyst, Maxillary Mesiodens