First described in 1942, Stafne bone defects (SBDs), are well-defined, radio-lucent lingual depressions of the lower jaw bone that are asymptomatic and most frequently diagnosed in middle-aged men.

A 5 x 3-cm mandibular structure and eight teeth were found inside an asymptomatic ovarian dermoid cyst that was removed from a 15-year-old girl in New York, according to a case report published online ...

Glandular odontogenic cysts (GOCs) are rare developmental lesions of the jaw that exhibit both odontogenic and glandular characteristics. Their diagnosis is often challenging due to overlapping ...

What Is a Subchondral Bone Cyst? It's a fluid-filled sac that forms in one or both of the bones that make up a joint. They're especially common at the knee or hip. The cysts show up just under the ...

Subchondral bone cysts are sacs of fluid that form inside the joints. These cysts occur in the subchondral bone, the layer of bone just under the cartilage. Symptoms include pain and swelling of the ...

Researchers have shown that commensal microbes in the mouth, in contrast to commensal microbes colonizing other body surfaces, e.g., the gut or skin, modulate immune responses in the jaw bone that ...

Arionna McKnight was looking at six months or more without a set of teeth at just 15 years old after a dentist found a tumor growing in her jaw. But a surgery new to the Medical University of South ...