Case Report

Year : 2021 | Volume : 6 | Issue : 2 | Page : 66-67

Bilateral Dental Lamina Cyst of a Newborn Infant

Pooja Singh, Manish Jha1 , Ruchi Lohia2

Department of Pediatric Dentistry, K.S.D. Jain Dental College and Hospital, 1 Department of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, GNIDSR, 2 Private Practitioner, Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Address for correspondence:

Dr. Pooja Singh,

Department of Pediatric Dentistry, K.S.D. Jain Dental College and Hospital,

Cossipore, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

E‐mail: poojapedo808@gmail.com

Abstract

Dental lamina cyst of infant is a benign lesion of the oral mucosa. Though it is not very rare in occurrence but due to its self limiting nature it is not commonly seen by dentists. This article presents a case of dental lamina cyst in a 2 months- old child.

Keywords: Dental lamina cyst, epulis, natal teeth, ranula

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How to cite this article: Singh P, Jha M, Lohia R. Bilateral dental lamina cyst of a newborn infant. Int J Pedod Rehabil 2021;6:66-7.