Baba Farid University Dental Journal
  • Year: 2026
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue: 1

Emergent Ameloblastic Foci in a Routine Dentigerous Cyst

1Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Ferozepur (Punjab). Email: drppk_oberoi@yahoo.com

2Professor & Head, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Ferozepur (Punjab). Email: rajeshwar_h88@yahoo.co.in

3Undergraduate student, Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Ferozepur (Punjab). Email: nil973820@gmail.com

4Professor, Department of Periodontics & Oral Implantology, Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Ferozepur (Punjab). Email: rajbirsingh533@gmail.com

*Corresponding author: Dr. Prabhpreet Kaur, Professor, Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Pathology, Genesis Institute of Dental Sciences & Research, Ferozepur (Punjab). Email: drppk_oberoi@yahoo.com

Abstract

We report a case of a 13 year old boy with an initial provisional diagnosis of a dentigerous cyst, who underwent enucleation under local anaesthesia. Post operative excisional biopsy revealed cords and strands arising from cystic lining at a site which were suggestive of ameloblastic changes.

Keywords

Ameloblastic changes, Dentigerous cyst.