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Cysts, as occurrences in the jaws, manifest as epithelium-lined sacs filled with fluid or soft material. The dentigerous cyst or follicular cyst, is an odontogenic cyst associated with the crown of an impacted, embedded, unerupted, or developing tooth. The cyst enclosing the crown of the unerupted tooth is attached to the cervical region of the tooth. 1, 7 Regezi and Sciubba cite the highest incidence of dentigerous cysts during the second and third decades, while Takagi and Koyama report most dentigerous cysts in patients younger than 20 years of age. 1, 2 Patients are often adolescents in the mixed dentition stage and males are reported to develop dentigerous cysts more often than females. 1, 6

Dentigerous cysts occur predominantly in the third molar regions of the mandible, the maxillary canine region, and the third molar region of the maxilla. 2, 6 This is not surprising, as these teeth are the most frequently impacted. 1, 5 Maxillary and mandibular premolars have also been associated with dentigerous cysts. 2, 7, 14 Kaban explains that follicular cysts have a predilection for the mandibular premolar region in children, and the third molar region in teenagers and adults. 3 The prevalence of dentigerous cyst development in the mandible near the region of the second primary molars has been linked to the observations that second