Lateral Periodontal Cyst Treated with Enucleation and Guided Bone Regeneration: A Report of a Case and a Review of Pertinent Literature

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Intraoperative clinical photographs showing (a) mucoperiosteal flap elevation and visualization of the cyst in between roots of teeth 33 and 34; (b) identification and enucleation of the cystic lining; (c) grafting the cyst cavity with xenograft bone and placement of a resorbable collagen membrane; and (d) reapproximation of the mucoperiosteal flap and closure with resorbable sutures.

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