Abstract

GONZALEZ GARCIA, R. et al. Therapeutic approach to impacted third molar follicles. Rev Esp Cirug Oral y Maxilofac [online]. 2005, vol.27, n.2, pp.80-84. ISSN 2173-9161.

The dentigerous cyst or follicular cyst is a developmental odontogenic cyst. It is covered by the epithelium of the dental follicle, and it tends to be related to an impacted permanent tooth. The case report of a patient who was seen to develop a dentigerous cyst arising from the follicle of an impacted non-extracted third molar is presented. This is then compared with the evolution of the contralateral impacted third molar and its follicle that was extracted. The definitive treatment for a dentigerous cyst associated with an impacted third molar is surgical, the extraction of the tooth and enucleation of the cyst. Follicles measuring more+ than 2 mm and that are associated with impacted third molars often develop into follicular cysts. The extraction of these third molars is indicated in order to avoid the development of a dentigerous cyst

Keywords : Dentigerous cyst; Follicle; Third molar; Impacted tooth.

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