Bilateral Dentigerous Cyst Of Mandible-A Rare Entity, Case Report And Review Of Literature

Dentigerous cysts are developmental cysts that are usually associated with impacted mandibular third molar teeth. Bilateral occurrence of these cysts is very rare, the bilateral appearance is mostly seen in syndromic patients such as maroteaux-lamy (mucopolysaccharidosis type VI) syndrome and cleidocranial dysplasia. Their appearence in non syndromic patients is unusual. So far only 29 cases of bilateral dentigerous cysts are reported in literature with majority including pediatric patients. We report here a unusual case of bilateral dentigerous cyst involving impacted mandibular third molar on right side and impacted mandibular second molar on left side in a seventeen year old patient.