James asks…What percentage of dentigerous cysts are cancerous?CT scan found atypical, possible dentigerous cyst in the maxillary sinus.Mary Wei answers:Dentigerous cyst = Follicular cyst :
It's a benign entity , but some kind of tumors can arise from this cysts ( unusually - but the exact percent is not demonstrated in our text ) :
Odontogenic tumors, such as the ameloblastoma, occasionally arise from the lining of the follicular cyst . Less common but of importance is the occurrence of
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