Iris Publishers Journal of Dentistry & Oral Health

  Authored by  Emily Li *, Abstract This paper presents the case of a 15-year-old African-American female who presented with a unilocular radiolucency in the posterior mandible. A history of clinical presentation, differential diagnosis, histologic diagnosis, and the surgical procedure are reported. This is followed by a discussion of the recurrence rate of the lesion as well as its surgical management with topical adjuncts. Clinical Presentation A 15-year-old African American female was referred to an oral and maxillofacial clinic for evaluation of a radiolucent lesion in the right posterior mandible. The lesion was discovered on a routine panoramic radiograph by her pediatric dentist. The patient and her mother deny a history of fevers, pain, purulence, or discharge from the location of the lesion. There was neither evidence of a family history significant for similar lesions nor nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome (NBCCS). The patient presented with a non-contributory heal...