Radicular cysts arise from non-vital teeth. They are inflammatory in nature and are the most common cystic lesion found in the jaw. We present a case of a massive maxillary radicular cyst in a 20 year-old man, diagnosed following an alleged assault and facial fracture. Subsequent abscess formation was initially thought to be infection secondary to haematoma due to fracture, but further investig...

An odontogenic keratocyst was detected and treated in the lower jaw. A 3D reconstruction from a CT scan was made before surgery and 15 months after. The healing process was monitored using stressstrain analyses of the mandible with a system of keratocysts, and by comparing them with the analogous data of stress-strain analyses of the patients mandible after the surgical extirpation of the cysts.

A review of state-of-the-art maxillofacial imaging is presented. Current imaging techniques include intra-oral radiographs, dental panoramic tomography, multidetector helical computed tomography, cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The commonest conditions encountered in clinical radiological practice are reviewed, including maxillofacial deformities, comp...

BACKGROUND: Primary central mucoepidermoid carcinoma of jaws is a rare lesion comprising 2-3% of all mucoepidermoid carcinomas reported in literature. CASE PRESENTATION: The case presented here illustrates the hypothesis that its specific pathogenesis is unknown. CONCLUSIONS: Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the jaw is a rare tumour of unknown aetiology. Although about a 100 cases has been reported ...

Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder and is characterized by a great variety of signs and symptoms. The most important are a characteristic facies, the occurrence of basal cell carcinomas and odontogenic keratocysts. In view of the neoplastic skin change, constant review of the patients is indicated. Any jaw film revealing two or more dentigerous or follicular ...

OKC is the rare and noteworthy developmental odontogenic cyst which arises from dental lamina. Around 7.8% of all cysts jaw are categorized in to this type grow an antero-posterior direction medullary cavity bone without causing expansion until & unless when large. The frequent location mandibular posterior body. It uncommon maxilla only 13% occur anterior region. An interesting case maxill...

Background: Impacted tooth is common in dental practice. Dentists usually remove them if they are associated with any pathologic sign or symptom. The challenge is whether to extract the asymptomatic tooth or not. This study was conducted to determine the association between developmental odontogenic cysts and tumors and impacted and unerupted teeth, if left untreated.    Methods: In ...