Keeping Your Eye on the Ball

From Volume 31, Issue 7, September 2004 | Pages 398-402

Authors

Rashmi Shetty

BDS, LDS RCS, FDS RCPS(Glasg.), VDP

Consultant Orthodontist, Chesterfield Royal Hospital, Calow, Chesterfield.

Articles by Rashmi Shetty

P.J. Sandler

BDS(Hons), MSc, FDS RCPS, MOrth RCS

Consultant Orthodontist, Royal Hospital, Chesterfield

Articles by P.J. Sandler

Abstract

Dentigerous cysts develop from unerupted and impacted permanent teeth. Very rarely, supernumerary teeth are associated with dentigerous cysts and constitute about 5–6% of all dentigerous cysts. Although these cysts are not common in the first decade of life, regular thorough inspection of radiographs is of importance, as indicated by this case report. This case shows how an impacted supernumerary canine developed a dentigerous cyst, engulfing the whole of the maxillary antrum.

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