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(a) Carious deciduous canine is seen mesial to erupting first premolar, in the right maxillary quadrant. (b) Occlusal view of the left maxillary alveolus showing buccal plate expansion and severely carious crowns of the left first and second deciduous molars
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F1
The partial eruption of 14 and 44 was noted [Figure 1].
Orthopantomogram showing bilateral unilocular radiolucencies around the necks of unerupted permanent canines, in the maxillary jaw bone
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F2
Radiographic image analysis revealed large, well-defined bilateral unilocular radiolucencies (>1.00 cm in diameter) around the necks of unerupted permanent maxillary canines [Figure 2].
H and E, stained tissue section (x100) (a) Cystic lining resembling reduced enamel epithelium. (b) Juxta-epithelial inflammation associated with hyperplastic cystic epithelium
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F3
Noteworthy inflammatory changes included hyperplasia of the cystic epithelium which coincided with juxta-epithelial lymphoplasmacytic infiltrate seen in the connective tissue capsule [Figure 3].