1Post graduate, Dept of Oral Pathology, V.S. Dental college, Bangalore
2Reader, Dept of Oral Pathology, V.S. Dental college, Bangalore
3Professor and Head, Dept of Oral Pathology, V.S. Dental college, Bangalore
4Reader, Dept of Oral Pathology, V.S. Dental college, Bangalore
*Address For Correspondance: Dr. Mrinalini Yadav, Post graduate, Dept of Oral Pathology, V.S.Dental College & Hospital K.R.Road, VV Puram, Bangalore
Online published on 7 April, 2014.
Cysts of the jaws, though are not aggressive in nature, few exceptions do exist. Odontogenic keratocyst is one such entity which is unique in its morphological characteristics, highly recurrent with an aggressive behaviour. Two entities namely, parakeratinized odontogenic keratocyst (OKC) and orthokeratinized odontogenic cyst (OOC) have been described with OOC been the milder variant of OKC. According to WHO's new classification, OOC is not a part of the spectrum of KCOT and should be distinguished from the latter.
We present two cases of orthokeratinized odontogenic cysts and review the differences between parakeratinized odontogenic keratocyst and orthokeratinized odontogenic cyst.
Orthokeratinized Odontogenic Keratocyst, Odontogenic Keratocyst, Keratocystic Odontogenic Tumor
