Controversy remains in understanding both the development and treatment for the odontogenic keratocyst (OKC). With recent changes in nomenclature recognizing the odontogenic keratocyst as a benign tumor, the debate over the proper course of treatment to limit recurrence and morbidity will continue. This study presents two cases where conservative treatment failed to prevent recurrence and each patient underwent resection of aggressive, multicystic OKCs to provide the best chance for definitive care without recurrence and limited morbidity.
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Oral Maxillofac Surg
January 2025
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Purpose: Coronectomy is a valuable treatment proven safe for non-pathological mandibular third molars with an increased risk of inferior alveolar nerve injury. Coronectomy may also be useful for mandibular third molars with dentigerous cysts and caries, but this is not commonly performed due to the lack of well-designed, evidence-based studies. Here, we aim to investigate the safety of coronectomy for mandibular third molars with caries and dentigerous cysts.
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January 2025
Dept of Oral Pathology, King George's Medical University, Uttar Pradesh, India. Electronic address:
Primary intraosseous carcinoma (PIOC) is a rare and challenging jawbone malignancy often linked to odontogenic cysts. With minimal connection to oral mucosa and a low incidence rate, PIOC presents significant diagnostic difficulties, often mimicking other odontogenic lesions. Histogenesis and the correct classification of the lesion remains debated, with theories suggesting origins from odontogenic epithelium or cysts.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHua Xi Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi
February 2025
Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Zibo Central Hospital, Zibo 255036, China.
Pathological fractures after jaw cyst surgery are rare clinically but are a serious complication. Once a pathological fracture occurs, treatment time and economic costs increase, and doctors face difficulty in handling it. This article reports a case of a patient with mandibular pathological fractures after multiple odontogenic keratocyst surgery of the jaw.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHua Xi Kou Qiang Yi Xue Za Zhi
February 2025
Dept. of Stomatology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Bengbu Medical University, Bengbu 233004, China.
Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the changes in the mandibular canal following the treatment of large odontogenic keratocysts through decompression and curettage, providing a theoretical basis for sequential treatment.
Methods: Twenty patients were selected for each decompression and curettage treatment of large odontogenic keratocysts in the mandible. Postoperative follow-up with was conducted every three months, during which cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) scans were performed.
Cureus
December 2024
Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Boston, USA.
A dentigerous cyst (DC) is the most common developmental cystic lesion of the jaws. Histologically, these cysts derive from the odontogenic epithelium that includes the reduced enamel epithelium, epithelial cell rests of Serres, and epithelial cell rests of Malassez. Radiographically, DCs are usually presented as well-defined radiolucencies associated with the crown of an unerupted tooth at the level of the cementoenamel junction (CEJ).
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