Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod
August 2002
Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare odontogenic keratocysts associated with and not associated with an impacted mandibular third molar.
Study Design: Panoramic radiographs of odontogenic keratocysts associated with impacted mandibular third molars (15 cysts, associated group) were compared with radiographs of odontogenic keratocysts not associated with impacted mandibular third molars (25 cysts, nonassociated group). The radiographic images were analyzed with reference to the patients' age and sex.