Odontogenic Cysts and Tumors Diagnostic Associations

Vocabulary practice flashcards matching oral pathology board exam high-yield clinical presentations with their corresponding odontogenic cysts and tumors.

Radicular cyst

Nonvital tooth + apical RL

Residual cyst

Missing tooth, former extraction site + RL

Dentigerous cyst

Unerupted tooth + pericoronal RL

Paradental cyst

Partially erupted mandibular $3\text{rd}$ molar + pericoronitis

Eruption cyst

Soft-tissue lesion over erupting tooth

OKC

Young + jaw RL, any relation to teeth + $30\%$ recurrence

Gorlin syndrome

Multiple OKCs + BCC + palmar pits

OOC

OKC-like cyst but only $\sim 2\%$ recurrence, no Gorlin

Gingival cyst newborn

Newborn + little white gingival bumps

Gingival cyst adult

Older adult + blue-gray mandibular canine/premolar gingiva

LPC

Vital teeth + $< 1\,\text{cm}$ RL between mandibular canine/premolar roots

Botryoid cyst

Multilocular LPC

Calcifying odontogenic cyst

Anterior jaw + RL/mixed + age $\sim 30$

GOC

Anterior mandible + crosses midline + $30\%$ recurrence

Buccal bifurcation cyst

Child + buccal mandibular $1\text{st}/2\text{nd}$ molar

Ameloblastoma

Adult + posterior mandible + multilocular RL

Unicystic ameloblastoma

Young + pericoronal mandibular $3\text{rd}$ molar RL

AOT

Teen girl + maxillary canine

CEOT/Pindborg

$30\text{--}50$ + posterior mandible + calcifications

SOT

Triangle between roots

Ameloblastic fibroma

Child/teen + posterior mandible + pericoronal RL

AFO

Child + RL + tooth-like opacity

Compound odontoma

Little toothlets anterior maxilla

Complex odontoma

Dental-material blob posterior mandible

Odontogenic myxoma

Young adult + wispy/soap-bubble RL