Authors: Padin Ruben, Chiurco Lucas, Ortega Adrián, Fiocchi Federico. National Hospital Prof. Alejandro Posadas. Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Background: Objetive:

The keratoc yst is a slow growing odontogenic cyst. It presents round the third and fourth decade of life, as a unique or multiple lesion, with a relation male/female 2:1. It has predilection for the mandibular angle.

To present the treatment in a patient with multiple mandibular keratocysts, by avoiding any kind of mandibular resection.

Methods :

En 11 pacientes los hallazgos histopatológicos fueron positivos.

Resultados:

En dos pacientes, los tejidos resecados no presentaron enfermedad. En uno, no se encontró tejido enfermo.

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-3º Stage: Enucleation, milling and bone graft from iliac crest on the vertical branch and coronoid process on the right hemimandible.

RESULTS: The patient evolved without complications nor recurrence up to the present.

Conclusions:

In most of the cases, the keratocysts are asimptomatic, although the problem is still the high recurrence that goes from 30% to 60% of the cases. The three stages surgical treatment described, allowed to mantain the mandible, without causing any trouble in motility, chewing or