10-year retrospective analysis of 64 cases of cystic lesions of the oral and maxillofacial region in a Nigerian tertiary hospital

ABSTRACT

Objectives: Orofacial cysts are broadly divided into odontogenic and nonodontogenic types, epithelial or non-epithelial, and developmental or inflammatory in origin. The odontogenic cyst is an osseous-destructive lesion that most commonly affects the jaw. It is formed by activation of odontogenic cell rests entrapped within the bone or gingival tissue of the jaws, such as the epithelial remains of Malassez, the dental lamina [cell rests of Serres], or the enamel organ