Diagnosis and treatment of a child's voluminous dentigerous cyst by way of marsupialization. - ROS - 2012 - Tome 41 - N°3

A nine year old child is referred for diagnosis and treatment of a voluminous swelling of themandibule. Maxillary andmandible are affected by a numerous variety of cysts, some of which develop at an early age. We will put forward a case of voluminous dentigerous cyst of the mandible, treated by marsupialization, allowing the spontaneous eruption of dental germ in 36 months, without any complications upon the neighbouring anatomic structures.