BDS · Oral Pathology / Oral Surgery · TOPIC 08 Odontogenic Cysts & Tumours Lesions arising from the odontogenic apparatus — recognising them on the radiograph, sorting them on histology, and deciding what to cut out and what to decompress The jaws are the only bones in the body that house teeth, and that single anatomical fact gives them a unique catalogue of pathology — odontogenic cysts and tumours derived from the rests of Malassez , the rests of Serres , the reduced enamel epithelium , and the dental lamina . Most are benign and many are slow-growing, yet the spectrum runs…
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