Pericoronal Follicles of Asymptomatic Impacted Teeth: A Radiographic, Histomorphologic, and Immunohistochemical Study

Table 2

Immunohistochemical findings of Ki-67 and bcl-2 in epithelial components of pericoronal follicles and epithelial lining of dentigerous cysts.

	PI (%)		bcl-2
	N	Ki-67	−	+
NPF	14	1.97±1.41^∗	5 (35.7%)	9 (64.3%)**
DC	10	7.97±2.05^∗	3 (30.0%)	7 (70.0%)**
Control	5	6.88±0.49	5 (100%)	0 (0%)

NPF: normal pericoronal follicle, DC: dentigerous cyst.
^∗𝑃∶0.05.
^∗∗𝑃∶0.8.