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. 2011 Nov 9;9(1):20–26. doi: 10.7150/ijms.9.20

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Dentigerous cyst affecting the left mandible of a 15-year-old boy treated by marsupiallization. At presentation, there was an acute infection in the area. A) Pre-operative radiographs: 1) Panoramic radiograph demonstrating a tooth within a large radiolucent area in the left mandible; 2) Axial CT scan demonstrating expansion of the body of the left mandible with very thin buccal and lingual cortices. A tooth is within the lumen; 3) Coronal CT of the mandible demonstrates an expansion of the ascending ramus of the left mandible with very thin cortical borders. A tooth is within the lumen. B. Postoperative radiographs: 1) Panoramic radiograph shortly post-marsupialization, extraction of tooth 37 that was adjacent the cyst as well as tooth 38 that was within the cyst; 2) Panoramic radiograph one year post-treatment. The radiodensity of the cystic area is similar to normal bone, indicating complete bone regeneration.