Abstract
Summary: Dentigerous cyst is a casual clinical findingassociated with an alteration on the eruption of canine, premolares and third molars. Itsdiagnostics is bassed on routinare periapical and panoramic Rx examinations. A space folicularbigger than 3 mm around the crown of a tooth is a reasonable approach to diagnose the lesion likecyst dentígerous. Dentígerous cyst is considered the second more frecuent maxilary odontogenic cystand represent 24% of the jaw cysts, its biggest incidence it is presented between the second andthird decade of the life and is characterized to be asymptomatic, for the expansion and loss of thecortical wall even producing facial asymmetries, radicular reabsorptions of contiguous teeth, pain,parestesia, gingival hiperplasy, infection, fistule and pathological fractures. It is recommendedthen to retire the impacted teeth to prevent the occurrence of cysts and tumors. Key words:Dentígerous cyst. Included tooth. Mandibular radiolucencies.
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