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Abstract

A retrospective study has been performed for odontogenic cyst at Ear, Nose and
Throat-Head and Neck Department, Faculty of Medicine, Hasanuddin University, Dr.
Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital during period of 1999-2008. Eighteen cases of
odontogenic cysts were found in age interval of 5-40 year and dentigerous cyst was
found in young age of 5 and 8. Predominantly affected female than male with ratio
2.6:1 shown in 16 cases of dentigerous cyst found in female than 2 cases in male and,
mostly found in maxilla 16 cases (88.8%) than mandible 2 cases. The most common
clinical features are alveolar bone swelling, pingpong ball phenomena slowly
enlarged without pain. Radiographic appearance of dentigerous cyst revealed
radiolucency shadow with radioopaq mass inside the capsula associated with
unerupted tooth in 16 cases (88.8%), while the radicular cyst showed radiolucency
around the periapical area nonvital tooth without radioopaq appearance inside the
capsula in 2 cases (11,2 %). CT scan examination revealed formation of dentigerous
and radicular cyst as similar. The managements of odontogenic cysts were
enucleation of the cyst in 17 cases and marsupialisation in 1 case, with good result.

Pages

80-87`

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©2016Freddy G. Kuhuwael, Nova Pieter, Nasrul Nasrul

DOI

10.15562/jdmfs.v8i2.217

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