Radicular cyst

Radicular cyst
 

Prepared by  Dr. Naisargi Mehta

A cyst is a pathologica cavity that nay be filled with fluid, semi-fluid or gaseous contents but never pus and may or may not be lined by epithelium


Cyst can occur within the bone and soft tissues they are of different types and may be asymptomatic or associated with swelling and pain
Cyst are generally slow growing, expansible lesions
They grow by hydraulic expansion and radiologically they often display radioluceny surrounded by thon radiopaque border
Cyst of may be odontogenic or non-odontogenic
Odontogenic cyst are derived from Odontogenic epithelium of stomadeum
All four odontogenic epithelial stages, namely enamel organ, reduced enamel epithelium, remnants of dental lamina and remnants of Hertwig’s epithelial root sheath have potential to become a cyst

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