Coincidence of nasopalatine duct cyst and dentigerous cyst: a rare case report

Dentigerous cyst is one of the most common odontogenic cysts of the jaw that slowly grows around an unerupted tooth crown. Nasopalatine duct cyst is a non-odontogenic common jaw cyst. Co-oc- currence of nasopalatine duct cyst and dentigerous cyst in the same location of the same jaw is ex- tremely r...

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Published in:Journal of craniomaxillofacial research (Online) 2024-01
Main Authors: Sadeghian, Ali, Taheri, Anita, Bakhshaei, Pedram
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Dentigerous cyst is one of the most common odontogenic cysts of the jaw that slowly grows around an unerupted tooth crown. Nasopalatine duct cyst is a non-odontogenic common jaw cyst. Co-oc- currence of nasopalatine duct cyst and dentigerous cyst in the same location of the same jaw is ex- tremely rare. Odontogenic and non-odontogenic cysts occurring simultaneously in non-syndromic patients is rare. The lesions must be fully extracted by surgery. We report the treatment procedure of a patient suffering from this rare phenomenon.
ISSN:2345-5489
2345-6213
DOI:10.18502/jcr.v10i3.14635