Continuous Surgical Decompression for Solitary Bone Cyst of the Jaw in a Teenage Patient

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(a) Orthopantomography in the phase of mixed dentition. A normal rate of tooth eruption, without any radiolucent lesion, is seen in the area of the third quadrant. (b) Follow-up orthopantomography of the third molars after orthodontic treatment. The radiolucent lesion affecting the areas of 35, 36, and 37 is diagnosed.

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