1Postgraduate, Dept of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam, Punjab
2Professor and Head of department, Dept of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam, Punjab
3Reader, Dept of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam, Punjab
4Senior Lecturer, Dept of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam, Punjab
*Address for Correspondence: Dr. Shaveta Garg Postgraduate, Dept. of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Guru Nanak Dev Dental College and Research Institute, Sunam (Punjab). Email: gargshavetaii@yahoo.com
Online published on 21 September, 2016.
The Odontogenic Keratocyst (OKC), first described by Phillipsen in 1956, has been reclassified as odontogenic neoplasm and has been renamed as Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor (KCOT) as reported in WHO classification of head and neck tumors in 2005. Odontogenic keratocysts are benign intraosseous tumors of odontogenic origin that occur most commonly in the jaw. In particular, they have a predilection for the angle and ascending ramus of the mandible. The recurrent rate of odontogenic keratocyst is 25–30 percent. A case of odontogenic keratocyst in 60 years old patient is presented involving mandibular third molar ramus area which was recurred after 3 years.
Keratocyst, Odontogenic, Molar, Ramus
