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Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg
; 19(3): 144-6, 1990 Jun.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2114456
ABSTRACT
Histologic examination of an excisionally biopsied botryoid odontogenic cyst (BOC) documented that it was composed of at least 2 separate cysts, the location of which suggested that both originated within the alveolar bone rather than from within the periodontal ligament. These observations provide evidence for a multicentric origin of this example of BOC, and are consistent with a previous suggestion that lateral periodontal cysts of non-inflammatory origin arise from remnants of the dental lamina.