Synonyms
Follicular cyst
Definition
The dentigerous cyst is a developmental odontogenic cyst that occurs in association with an impacted tooth. The cyst lining is derived from the reduced enamel epithelium, which represents post-functional odontogenic epithelium after enamel formation has been completed. Therefore, this cyst usually surrounds the crown of the tooth and will be attached at the cemento-enamel junction.
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Incidence
The dentigerous cyst is the most common developmental odontogenic cyst, trailing only the inflammation-induced radicular cyst in frequency among jaw cysts. The dentigerous cyst accounts for 17–24 % of odontogenic cysts. It occurs with much greater frequency in whites than in blacks. One study reported age-standardized world incidence rates of 1.18, 1.22, 9.92, and 7.26 per million per year for black men, black women, white men, and white women, respectively.
Age
The dentigerous cyst occurs most often in the second through the fourth decades of...
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References and Further Reading
Daley, T. D., & Wysocki, G. P. (1995). The small dentigerous cyst. A diagnostic dilemma. Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology, Oral Radiology, and Endodontics, 79, 77–81.
Jones, A. V., Craig, G. T., & Franklin, C. D. (2006). Range and demographics of odontogenic cysts diagnosed in a UK population over a 30-year period. Journal of Oral Pathology & Medicine, 35, 500–507.
Neville, B. W., Damm, D. D., Allen, C. M., & Bouquot, J. E. (2009). Dentigerous cyst (follicular cyst). In Oral and maxillofacial pathology (3rd ed., pp. 679–682). St. Louis: Saunders Elsevier.
Shear, M., & Speight, P. M. (2007). Dentigerous cyst. In Cysts of the oral and maxillofacial regions (pp. 59–75). Oxford: Blackwell Munksgaard.
Takeda, Y., Oikawa, Y., Furuya, I., Satoh, M., & Yamamoto, H. (2005). Mucous and ciliated cell metaplasia in epithelial linings of odontogenic inflammatory and developmental cysts. Journal of Oral Science, 47, 77–81.
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Neville, B.W. (2016). Cyst, Dentigerous. In: Slootweg, P.J. (eds) Dental and Oral Pathology. Encyclopedia of Pathology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28085-1_675
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