1Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Shree Bankey Bihari Dental College & Research Centre, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
2Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, College of Dental Sciences, Davangere, Karnataka
3Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Shree Bankey Bihari Dental College, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
4Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Pathology & Microbiology, Christian Dental College, CMC, Ludhiana, Punjab
5Postgraduate student, Department Oral and Maxillofacial surgery, Navodaya Dental college, Raichur
Distinguishing OKCs from other jaw cysts is essential as it is considered as benign neoplasm and show high epithelial proliferative index. OKC has generated considerable controversy with regard to its true nature. It exhibits paradoxical behavior and may have clinicopathologic features of both simple cysts and benign neoplasms
Clinical and radiographic presentation of OKCs, poses a major diagnostic dilemma as they can be located periapically, simulating periapical cyst; surrounding the crown of unerupted teeth, simulating dentigerous cyst; between the roots of teeth, simulating lateral periodontal cyst or lateral radicular cyst; or in the maxillary midline, simulating nasopalatine duct cysts.1
Distinguishing OKCs from other jaw cysts is essential as it is considered as benign neoplasm and show high epithelial proliferative index. OKC has generated considerable controversy with regard to its true nature. It exhibits paradoxical behavior and may have clinicopathologic features of both simple cysts and benign neoplasms.
Lateral Periodontal Cyst, OKC, Cloudy Milky Way
