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ArticleJournal of dentistry (Shiraz, Iran)2023

Conservative Management of Unicystic Ameloblastoma of Mandible Evolving from Dentigerous Cyst in a Paediatric Patient: A Case Report.

Verma Meenal, Verma Nikhil, Astekar Madhusudan

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Article in Journal of dentistry (Shiraz, Iran), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Verma MeenalDept. Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Geetanjali Dental and Research Institute, Udaipur (313001) Rajasthan, India.
Verma NikhilDept. Prosthodontics and Crown and Bridge, Principal, Geetanjali, Dental and Research Institute, Udaipur (313001) Rajasthan, India.
Astekar MadhusudanDept. Oral Pathology and Microbiology, Institute of Dental Sciences, Bareily (243006) Uttar Pradesh, India.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Massive cystic lesions involving a mandible always present a diagnostic and treatment challenge. Unicystic ameloblastoma (UA) is a variant of ameloblastoma encompassing about 6% of ameloblastomas. They represent cystic lesions that reveal clinical and radiographic features of a cyst, but the histopathological features demonstrate a typical ameloblastomatous epithelium lining the cyst. It is a variant of ameloblastoma, usually having clinical and radiographic similarities with dentigerous cysts, hence posing preoperative diagnostic difficulties. Adult treatment protocol cannot be applied to the pediatric population since resection may cause an alteration in craniofacial development leading to functional and esthetical damage, which can directly affect their quality of life. A more conservative approach of enucleating the lesion seems to be a promising treatment modality of UA in the pediatric age group. We present a case of mural variant of UA arising from dentigerous cyst in an 8-year-old male patient.

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AmeloblastomaDentigerous cystMural AmeloblastomaUnicystic ameloblastomaVicker and Gorlin’s criteria

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PMID37388204
PMCPMC10300139

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