The histopathological examination of the dental follicle of asymptomatic impacted tooth: is it necessary?

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  • Marcelo Drummond Naves
  • Augusto César Sette-Dias
  • Evandro Neves Abdo
  • Ricardo Santiago Gomez

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https://doi.org/10.7213/aor.v8i1.23068

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Dentigerous cyst, Unicystic ameloblastoma, Impacted teeth

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Introduction: During the development of a tooth, the pericoronal tissue may develop pathological changes. The clinical dilemma occurs in the early diagnostic of the tissue around the crown of an unerupted tooth. Objective: The purpose of this paper is to present a clinical case with different diagnoses of a small radiolucency area around the crown of impacted teeth on the same patient. The histological diagnosis of the follicle related to tooth 48 was of dentigerous cyst and the histological finding of follicular tissue associated to tooth 38 showed some features of unicystic ameloblastoma. The follicles of teeth 18 and 28 did not present histopathological changes. Conclusion: The radiographic appearance may not be a reliable indicator of the absence of disease in pericoronal tissues. We recommend histopathological analysis on all surgically extracted follicle tissue, even when adiographic and clinical findings are not indicative of pathological alterations.

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2012-11-28

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Naves, M. D., Sette-Dias, A. C., Abdo, E. N., & Gomez, R. S. (2012). The histopathological examination of the dental follicle of asymptomatic impacted tooth: is it necessary?. Archives of Oral Research, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.7213/aor.v8i1.23068

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