Abstract
Swelling of the upper lip can result from various diseases such as salivary tumors, infectious and inflammatory diseases and cysts. Among the latter, dentigerous cysts, typically involving unerupted teeth, are sometimes associated with supernumerary teeth in the maxillary anterior incisors region called the mesiodens. We report an unusual case of a large dentigerous cyst associated with an impacted mesiodens in a 42-year-old male who presented with a slow-growing swelling in the upper lip.
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Scolozzi, P., Lombardi, T. & Richter, M. Upper lip swelling caused by a large dentigerous cyst. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 262, 246–249 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-004-0782-4
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