Case Report

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

Table 1

World Health Organization (WHO) classification of odontogenic tumors and cysts (4th Edition, 2017) [7].

Odontogenic tumorsMalignant tumorsAmeloblastic carcinoma
Primary intraosseous carcinoma, NOS
Sclerosing odontogenic carcinoma
Clear cell odontogenic carcinoma
Ghost cell odontogenic carcinoma
Odontogenic carcinosarcoma
Odontogenic sarcomas
Benign epithelial origin tumorsAmeloblastoma, conventional
(i) Ameloblastoma, unicystic type
(ii) Ameloblastoma, extraosseous/peripheral type
(iii) Metastasizing (malignant) ameloblastoma
Squamous odontogenic tumor
Calcifying epithelial odontogenic tumor
Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor
Benign mixed (epithelial-mesenchymal) origin tumorsAmeloblastic fibroma
Primordial odontogenic tumor
Odontoma
(i) Compound type
(ii) Complex type
Dentinogenic ghost cell tumor
Benign mesenchymal origin tumorsOdontogenic fibroma
Odontogenic myxoma/myxofibroma
Cementoblastoma
Cemento-ossifying fibroma

Odontogenic cystsDevelopmental origin cystsDentigerous cyst
Odontogenic keratocyst
Lateral periodontal and botryoid odontogenic cyst
Gingival cyst
Glandular odontogenic cyst
Calcifying odontogenic cyst
Orthokeratinized odontogenic cyst
Inflammatory origin cystsRadicular cyst
Collateral inflammatory cyst