1Lecturer, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Mission's Dental College and Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
2Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, PM Nadagouda Memorial Dental College and Hospital, Bagalkot, Karnataka, India
3Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MA Rangoonwala College of Dental Science and Research Center, Pune, Maharashtra, India
4Professor and Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, MA Rangoonwala College of Dental Science and Research Center, Pune, Maharashtra, India
*Correspondence: Dr. Adil Gandevivala. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Mahatma Gandhi Mission's Dental College and Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. Tel.: +91-9821986302, Email: dr.adilg@gmail.com
Online published on 18 January, 2019.
A case of a 50-year-old male patient diagnosed with a pathological fracture of the angle of the mandible secondary to an undiagnosed dentigerous cyst associated with a mandibular third molar reported to our department. The patient was treated with enucleation of the cyst followed by reduction of the fracture and reconstruction with bone harvested from the anterior iliac crest. We have 1½ years follow without any signs of recurrence or major complications.
Bone grafting, dentigerous cyst, iliac crest, pathological fracture
