EPIDEMIOLOGY AND STRUCTURING OF JAW CYSTS IN CHILDREN

Abstract

The article provides information about a study to learn epidemiology and structuring of jaw cysts in children conducted to improve the approach to diagnosis, treatment selection, and patient management. A retrospective analysis of 287 case histories of patients with jaw cysts aged 4 to 17 years was conducted. The study showed that the most common cystic lesion of the jaws in children is radicular and radicular odontoid cyst, which are diagnosed more often in boys than in girls, aged 8-11 years with localization on the lower jaw. The causal teeth for the development of radicular, radicular tooth-containing cysts are temporary molars, which were treated in 50% of cases. Clinical manifestations of cysts of any origin in half of the cases of all cysts were only deformation and thinning of the cortical plate against the background of unchanged mucosa.