Radicular cyst: a case report treated with conservative therapy

J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2006 Fall;31(1):66-7. doi: 10.17796/jcpd.31.1.p721888v762270h3.

Abstract

This case reports on the treatment of a radicular cyst in a child. The patient presented a periapical radiolucent area associated to a root from the maxillary left primary second molar. After the extraction of the root, marsupilization of the lesion was done and a fixed resin tube was placed in the alveolar hole. After twenty-five months the lesion was healing. This technique has proved to be effective and conservative for the treatment of radicular cysts in primary teeth.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Maxillary Diseases / surgery*
  • Molar / pathology
  • Radicular Cyst / surgery*
  • Recurrence
  • Therapeutic Irrigation
  • Tooth Root / pathology
  • Tooth, Deciduous / pathology
  • Wound Healing / physiology