Dentigerous cyst mimicking a radicular cyst: A case report

Abstract

A dentigerous cyst is a developmental odontogenic cyst which develops from the reduced enamel epithelium in an impacted permanent tooth and is rarely associated with supernumerary teeth. The purpose of this article was to report the case of an 27-year-old male pateint with a dentigerous cyst associated with an impacted supernumerary tooth and its diagnostic dilemma. There was root stump irt 46 which showed periapical pathology beneath which the impacted supernumerary tooth was present. The root stump and supernumerary teeth both was extracted and healing was satisfactory. Later the specimen was histo-pathologically proved to be dentigerous cyst. This case shows how to arrive at a radiographic diagnosis in such conditions.