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Korean Journal of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery 1972;15(4): 119-21. |
A Case of Infected Dentigerous Cyst |
Jin Ku Kim, MD |
Department of Otolaryngology, Han Il Hospital, Korea |
感染된 齒性上顎囊腫 1例 |
金鎭龜 |
韓一病院 耳鼻咽喉科 |
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ABSTRACT |
True dentigerous cysts are rare one originated from the epithelial cells left in the periodontal membrane, and contain whole or part of a permanent tooth and occasionally more than one tooth, the crown of which projects into the cavity. Recently author has experienced a case of infected dentigerous cyst with a inverted tooth. The severe infection of this cyst was arised from trauma on the face and made difficult to diagnose this disease to be a dentigerous cyst. We had treated this case successfully by the Caldwell Luc' procedure.
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