BACKGROUND AND AIMS The aim of this study was to investigate the relative frequency of developmental odontogenic cysts in an Iranian population. MATERIALS AND METHODS In this study 245 cysts from both jaws, treated in the Faculty of Dentistry at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences during a 10-year period from 1998 to 2008, were analyzed in order to evaluate the incidence of such cysts. We h...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relative frequency and distribution of odontogenic and nonodontogenic cysts in a large Turkish population. STUDY DESIGN A retrospective survey of jaw cysts was undertaken at the Oral Diagnosis and Radiology and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department, Ondokuz Mayis University Dental School, Samsun, Turkey. Data were retrieved from clinical files, imaging, and hist...

The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of odontogenic cysts (OCs) in Sicily and evaluate their distribution during a 20-year period. A cross-sectional retrospective study was carried out in 1,310 cysts of the jaw diagnosed in 12,197 individuals, who consecutively attended the Odontostomatologic Clinic of Palermo from 1986 to 2005. 1,273 cysts were classified as odontogenic, wh...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study is to evaluate the treatment efficacy of enucleation after decompression. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 17 patients with cystic lesion of the jaw were treated with decompression followed by enucleation. Pre- and postdecompression panoramic radiographs were analyzed. RESULTS The mean percentage of reduction after decompression was 64%. The reaction was...

Calcifying odontogenic cyst is considered as a rare lesion and accounts for 1% of jaw cysts. It represents a heterogeneous group of lesions which exhibit a variety of clinicopathologic and behavioral features. It has been categorized as cyst and neoplasm. Even after several classification and subclassification, COC remains an enigma. WHO classification 2005 has reclassified the lesion as calcif...

Impacted mandibular third molars are commonly associated with pericoronal radiolucencies. Dentigerous cysts is the most common developmental cyst of jaw. Ameloblastoma, and Odontogenic keratocyst have similar clinical radiographic features but they differ in histopathological treatment modalities. This article presents case a 35year old male patient complaint mild pain swelling, posteriorly rig...