Cystic lesions in children treated and carried out histopathological examination in our department between 1978 and 2004 were studied from clinical viewpoints. The 286 subjects in this study included 84 cases with cysts of the jaw and 202 cases with cysts of the soft tissue. Among cysts of the jaw, the most common cyst was the dentigerous cyst (37 cases). 32 cases were radicular cysts, and others with odotogenic keratocysts, calcifying odontogenic cysts. Among cysts of the soft tissue, the most common cyst was the mucous cyst (171 cases). These cases comprised the majority of the cysts of the soft tissue.
