Treatment of giant follicular cyst of the upper jaw

• Main Authors: N. V. Maximova, Filipp V. Dulov, M. F. Tkachuk
• Format: Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Eco-vector 2019-11-01
• Series: Клиническая практика
• Subjects: cystectomy; follicular cyst; osteoplasty of the maxillary alveolar process; clinical case
• Online Access: https://journals.eco-vector.com/clinpractice/article/viewFile/12613/12956

Background. The article describes a clinical case of a successful surgical treatment of a large size follicular cyst pushing the anterior-inferior wall of the left maxillary sinus and the lower nasal concha, with the maxillary alveolar process osteoplasty. Clinical case description. According to the results of cone beam computed tomography, the size of the follicular cyst before the treatment was 45.423.339.7 mm. After the endodontic treatment, cystectomy, cystostomy, plastic surgery of the alveolar process of the upper jaw, the bone defect is reduced by two times, disconnected from the oral cavity. Conclusion. By the example of the presented clinical case, it has been shown that large jaw cysts require a multi-stage treatment with the participation of narrow specialists of related profiles.