Proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) is a nuclear protein synthesized in the late G1 and S phase of the cell cycle, and immunohistochemical detection of the protein represents a useful marker for the proliferating fraction of cells in tissue specimens. PCNA expression was studied in odontogenic keratocysts (n = 15) and ameloblastomas (n = 46) using an avidin-biotin-peroxidase complex metho...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this retrospective study is to find the differentiating characteristics of cystic and cystic-appearing lesions that involve the impacted mandibular third molar by analyzing panoramic radiographs and computed tomography images, and to aid the preoperative diagnosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS Eighty-one patients who had a mandibular cystic or cystic-appearing lesion that i...

Odontogenic keratocyst is a developmental odontogenic cyst that usually diagnosed in routine radiographs the early stages. This fact increases dentist’s responsibility for its diagnosis, and professional should pay attention to all maxillomandibular complex not only teeth. There no standard protocol treatment of keratocyst. However, surgical resection recommended because high recurrence rate, e...

Odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) is a common developmental odontogenic cyst affecting the maxillofacial region. Multiple OKCs are usually seen in association with nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS) but approximately 5% of patients with OKC have multiple cysts without concomitant syndromic presentation. This report represents a case of multiple OKCs in a non-syndromic patient.

Background: Odontogenic keratocyst is relatively common developmental odontogenic lesion occurring with a frequency of approximately 10-14% all jaw cyst. Aim: To find the clinic-radiologic pattern cases. Study design: Descriptive cross sectional. Methodology: Present study was conducted at Pathology and diagnostic Medicine, Khyber Medical University Peshawar in which 83 patients were enrolled. ...

We present a case of an odontogenic keratocyst discovered as incidental finding in the anterior mandible young female patient. This is unusual presentation, and very few cases affecting are reported literature.

The term odontogenic keratocyst was first used by Philipsen in the year 1956. The lesion was renamed by him as keratocystic odontogenic tumor (KCOT) and reclassified as odontogenic neoplasm in the World Health Organization's 2005 edition that occurs commonly in the jaws having a predilection for the angle and ascending ramus of mandible. In contrast, KCOTs arising in the maxillary premolar regi...

JADA, Vol. 134, July 2003 877 The canine region is the most common location for the odontogenic keratocyst in the maxilla. D E N T I S T R Y & M E D I C I N E views and intraoral periapical films, in most cases are adequate to determine the location and estimate the size of an OKC. Advanced imaging techniques like computerized tomography and magnetic resonance imaging can be useful in large cas...

abstract introduction. p53 has been known as a tumor suppressor gene and also ki-67 is a cell cycle regulator. the aim of present study was to investigate p53 and ki-67 protein expression in the epithelial lining of odontogenic cysts and its correlation with their biologic behavior and the degree of inflammation within the cyst wall. methods. p53 and ki-67 immunoreactivity in 58 odontogenic cys...