Congenital gingival cyst of neonate: Dentist's enigma

• Main Authors: Deepak Chauhan (Author), Kapil Rajiv Sharma (Author), Jai Ram Kaundal (Author), Seema Thakur (Author), Kshitiz Parasher (Author), Tripti Chauhan (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Gingival cysts of the newborn are small keratin-filled cysts on the alveolar mucosa of infants that exists at birth. They are remnants of the dental lamina and are usually multiple in numbers, but do not increase in size. The diagnosis is made at the clinical level. Since, this lesion tends to under...