Case Report

A Rare Odontogenic Cyst: Gingival Cyst of the Adult. A Case Report and Review of the Literature in Elderly Patients

Table 1

Published case reports and literature reviews on gingival cysts of the adult in patients over 65 years of age since 1970.

ReferenceNAge (years)Gender (M : F)Max/MandRegionSize (mm)Radiographic evidenceBone involvement

Young et al. [16]168FMandCanine3 mmNRNo
Buchner and Hansen [14]177NRNRNRNRNRNR
Wysocki et al. [11]175NRNRNRNRNRNR
Gregg and O'Brien [17]168MMaxCanineNRNoneNR
Giunta [6]180NRNRNRNRNoneNR
Cunha et al. [18]169FMandLateral incisor–canine5 mmYesYes
Sato et al. [4]178MMandLateral incisor20 mmNoneYes
Ojha et al. [23]176FMandNR5 mmNoneNR
Wagner et al. [8]175FMandCentral incisor–lateral incisor5 mmNoneYes
Brooks et al. [12]168FMandCanine–first premolarNRNoneNo
Karmakar et al. [13]176MMandLateral incisor–canine5 mmNoneNo
Viveiros et al. [2]178FMandCanine/first premolar4 mmNoneNR
278FMandLateral incisor–canine2 mmNoneNR
376MMandFirst premolar15 mmNRNR
479FMandPremolar5 mmNoneNo
This study (2022)182FMandCanine/first premolar3 mmNoneNo

N, case number; M : F, male : female; Max : Mand, maxilla : mandible; NR, not reported.