Fate of pulpectomized deciduous teeth: Bilateral odontogenic cyst?

Contemp Clin Dent

Department of Prosthodontics, Bharati Vidyapeeth Deemed University, Dental College and Hospital, Sangli, Maharashtra, India.

Published: June 2016

Pulpectomy is preferably more conservative treatment option than the extraction of deciduous teeth despite few undesirable consequences of obturating materials of which odontogenic cysts are one. This article aims to report a case of an 11-year-old female child having bilateral odontogenic cysts, i.e., radicular and infected dentigerous cyst followed by pulpectomy of deciduous molars using zinc oxide eugenol which was surgically enucleated and followed up to 6 months until satisfactory healing of bone was observed. The article also emphasizes on the importance of regular follow-up of the pulpectomized tooth which can be harmful otherwise.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4906873PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.183054DOI Listing

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