Dentigerous Cyst

 

Epidemiology:

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Common sites:

    • wisdom teeth (third molar)

 

Gross features:

    • cyst over the crown of an unerupted tooth

 

Histologic features:

    • thin layer of stratified squamous epithelium
    • dense chronic inflammation in surrounding stroma

 

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Molecular features:

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Other features:

    • a cyst that originates around the crown of an unerupted tooth
    • radiology:
      • unilocular
      • over unerupted tooth

 

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