Cysts formed in the jaw bones are usually insidious and can become quite large over the years, often without symptoms.
Cysts formed in the jawbones can be of dental origin or inflammatory origin, as well as they can have developmental origin or different origins. However, the most common cysts in the jaw bones are the cysts that form around the impacted teeth and the inflammatory cysts that form at the root tip of the teeth.
Cysts may not give a symptom such as pain or even swelling to a large extent. Unnoticed over the years, these cysts can reach quite large sizes and turn into pathologies that require significant reconstructive surgeries. Routine dental examination and evaluation of the jaw cinema at least once a year will ensure that these cysts can be noticed before they grow.
Treatments of jaw cysts
Jaw cysts are treated according to their cause, size and type. The treatment of a cyst formed around an impacted tooth is surgical removal of the cyst and impacted tooth. In appropriate cases, impacted teeth (For example: Impacted canines) can be replaced with various auxiliary treatments.
Inflammatory cysts formed at the root end of the teeth, if the tooth can be saved, include root canal treatment followed by surgical cutting of the root end of the tooth and removal of the cyst. However, if the teeth cannot be saved, the cyst is removed by extraction.
If a tooth with a cyst at the root tip is simply pulled out, but left in the area without cleaning the cyst, the cyst will continue to exist and even continue to grow by preserving its integrity. In such cases, it may be necessary to remove the cyst with a second operation.
Large cysts or cysts that are difficult to reach surgically and close to valuable anatomical structures can be treated by first reducing them in time with special surgical methods and then removing the small cyst.
After the removal of large cysts, if significant damage and defects have occurred in the jaw bones, it may be necessary to transfer the bone tissues taken from other parts of the body to the region for the repair of the region or to support the region with titanium plates.
For such reasons, as in all diseases, early diagnosis is of great value.
