Journal of PEARLDENT
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 6
  • Issue: 3

Temporomandibular joint ankylosis with Dentigerous cyst – Report of a rare case.

  • Author:
  • Geeta Singh1, Rashmi Agarwal2,, Niharika Gupta3, G. C. Shiva Kumar4, Subodh Shankar Natu5
  • Total Page Count: 5
  • Page Number: 22 to 26

1Assistant Professor, Department: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Faculty of Dental Sciences, King Georges Medical University, Lucknow, UP

2Reader, Department: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Babu Banarsi College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, UP

3Senior Lecturer, Department: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Babu Banarsi College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, UP

4Professor, Department: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Babu Banarsi College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, UP

5Lecturer, Department: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Babu Banarsi College of Dental Sciences, Lucknow, UP

*Address For Correspondance: Dr. Rashmi Agarwal, Reader, Babu Banarsi College of Dental Sciences, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Online published on 23 November, 2015.

Abstract

Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) ankylosis is a disabling condition resulting from trauma, infection or surgical treatment. Different treatment techniques have been used and described so far but none of them gave successful outcome. However, interpositional arthroplasty and physiotherapy immediately after treatment have been method of choice of agreement by many authors. A dentigerous cyst is a common developmental cyst which is frequently noted during radiographical analysis. Enucleation is considered as a definitive therapy and marsupialization provides a less extensive but safe surgical procedure. We report a case of TMJ ankylosis with dentigerous cyst in a patient who has been treated successfully without any post operative complications

Keywords

TMJ ankylosis, dentigerous cyst, inter-positional arthroplasty, marsupialization