Case 1: a 15-year-old boy complained of a swelling in the left mandible. The diagnosis of follicular cyst was confirmed by orthopantomography . The entire cyst wall with a buried tooth (the 7th molar) was removed completely.
Case 2: an 11-year-old boy had multiple follicular cysts, a rare condition. One was in the left maxillary region and the other two cysts in the left mandible . The patient noted swelling of the left cheek. Orthopantomography and CT scans showed that the 7th tooth in the maxilla and the 4th and 7th teeth in the mandible were burried in cysts, the latter in a large cyst of the ramus. The 3 cysts containing the 3 teeth were totally removed.
The literature describing follicular cysts of the maxilla and mandible is reviewed.
