Spontaneous Regression of Bilateral Dentigerous Cysts: A Case Report

From Volume 35, Issue 1, January 2008 | Pages 63-65

Authors

Yun Shane Chew

BDS, MFDS RCS(Eng)

Senior House Officer, Birmingham Dental Hospital, St Chad's Queensway, B4 6NN, UK

Articles by Yun Shane Chew

Behnam Aghabeigi

DDS, LDS, MSc, PhD, FDS RCS, FFD RCSI

Consultant Oral Surgeon, Birmingham Dental Hospital, St Chad's Queensway, B4 6NN, UK

Articles by Behnam Aghabeigi

Abstract

A dentigerous cyst is the most common developmental odontogenic cyst and believed to be slowly progressive in nature. This case report describes an incidental finding of spontaneous regression of bilateral dentigerous cysts associated with lower impacted third molars in a 30-year-old, fully dentate female. Together with three other similar reports, a few possible explanations are postulated and the understanding of natural history of dentigerous cysts is questioned.

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