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odontogenic cysts
Wednesday 8 September 2004
Definition: Odontogenic cysts are cysts of the jaws lined by an odontogenic epithelium (By this point, they differ from non-odontogenic cyst of jaws). Developmental odontogenic cyts and infflammtory odontogenic cysts can be distinguished.
Types
dentigerous cyst eruption cyst gingival cyst lateral periodontal cyst keratinizing odontogenic cyst calcifying odontogenic cyst radicular cyst periapical cyst residual cyst keratocyst
- solitary keratocyst or primordial keratocyst
- multiple keratocysts (basal cell nevus syndrome or Gorlin syndrome)
See also
cysts of the jaws
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