Jiang Qian, Xu Guang-Zhou, Yang Chi, Yu Chuang-Qi, He Dong-Mei, Zhang Zhi-Yuan
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Ninth People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai 200011, P.R. China.
Exp Ther Med. 2011 Sep;2(5):805-809. doi: 10.3892/etm.2011.274. Epub 2011 May 18.
Dentigerous cysts are thought to be caused by a developmental abnormality derived from the reduced enamel epithelium of the tooth forming organ. Most typical dentigerous cysts are those associated with the third molar teeth of the mandible, but rarely involve impacted supernumerary teeth in the anterior maxilla. Swelling and/or pain may be the major complaints of the patients. Herein, we review the literature spanning the past 22 years concerning dentigerous cysts associated with supernumerary teeth in the anterior maxilla, and present four additional cases with emphasis given to the clinicopathological characteristics of this type of dentigerous cyst.
含牙囊肿被认为是由牙齿形成器官的缩余釉上皮发育异常引起的。最典型的含牙囊肿是与下颌第三磨牙相关的囊肿，但很少累及上颌前部的埋伏多生牙。肿胀和/或疼痛可能是患者的主要症状。在此，我们回顾了过去22年中关于上颌前部多生牙相关含牙囊肿的文献，并报告另外4例病例，重点关注此类含牙囊肿的临床病理特征。
