Rapid Cystic Involvement of a Lower Third Molar

From Volume 26, Issue 4, May 1999 | Pages 166-167

Authors

J H. Waller

BDS, BMSc (Dundee)

Senior House Officer, Edinburgh Dental Institute

Articles by J H. Waller

N. Malden

BDS (Lond.), FDS (Glas.)

Associate Specialist, Department of Oral Surgery, Edinburgh Dental Institute

Articles by N. Malden

Abstract

Cystic change can occur in association with partially and unerupted lower third molars. This case report describes an inflammatory paradental cyst which developed over a relatively short period of time and presented with acute symptoms.

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