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Systematic Assessment of Mammalian Skull Specimens for Dental and Temporomandibular Joint Pathology
Published on: August 22, 2022
Metachronous bilateral dentigerous cysts associated with permanent first molars
Eduardo Rodrigues Fregnani1, Danyel Elias da Cruz Perez, Paulo André Gonçalves de Carvalho
1Department of Stomatology, A. C. Camargo Cancer Hospital, São Paulo, Brazil. erfreg@terra.com.br
Abstract:
The occurrence of bilateral dentigerous cysts (DC) has been described as being associated mostly with third molars in adult patients. Very few reports show the bilateral occurrence of dentigerous cysts associated with first molars or premolars in childhood. The purpose of this report was to describe the case of a 5-year-old boy with bilateral mandibular dentigerous cysts associated with permanent first molars.
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