Unicystic ameloblastoma is a rare, benign, locally invasive odontogenic neoplasm of young age that show clinical, radiographic, or gross features of an odontogenic cyst, but histologically shows typical ameloblastomatous epithelium lining part of the cyst cavity, with or without luminal and/or mural tumor growth. The article presents atypical cases of a large, asymptomatic unicystic ameloblastoma of posterior maxilla and mandibular molar-ramus regions which were treated by surgical enucleation and application of Carnoy's solution for 3 min. The article also describes the importance and complexity of differential diagnosis of an odontogenic lesion sharing common clinical and radiographical features.
There is an increased risk for postoperative complications when a tooth is removed, although it is not statistically significant. Evaluation of fate of retained teeth showed better prognosis of teeth in type II cases than type III and type I cases. Results of this study leads to conclusions that teeth associated with mandibular fractures need not be removed on prophylactic basis.
From this study we conclude that depending upon the histopathological type different amount of adjoining bone is resected to get the safe margin and based upon the result it is recommended to remain a bit aggressive in maxillary lesions.
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