# Root Dilaceration and Dentigerous Cyst--A Cause-Effect Relationship?--\"Case-Series Study\"
## 3 Results  
Table 1 summarizes the radiological findings of each case, which are the basis for diagnosing DC and DL.  
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**Case** & & **Summary of X-ray Findings** \\
**Number** & & \\ \hline Case 1 & \(\bullet\) & **Impacted** upper right canine. \\ Case 2 & \(\bullet\) & Right upper canine with a DC, in **transposition** with the upper first premolar and in closed contact with its apical half of the root. \\ Case 3 & \(\bullet\) & The roots of the premolars had different types of DLs, from a slight flexion of the second premolar’s root to a true dilacreated root of the first premolar. \\ Case 4 & \(\bullet\) & The DC was continually growing. \\ Case 5 & \(\bullet\) & Root DL of the second upper left premolar. \\ Case 6 & \(\bullet\) & **Impacted** left central incisor. \\ Case 7 & \(\bullet\) & **Impacted** supernumerary tooth. \\ Case 8 & \(\bullet\) & **Impacted** upper left canine. \\ Case 9 & \(\bullet\) & **Macrodonia.** \\ Case 10 & \(\bullet\) & A DC was associated with the impacted left central incisor and its root was not in the axis of the crown. \\ Case 11 & \(\bullet\) & Root DL of the left central incisors. \\ Case 12 & \(\bullet\) & Abnormal shape of the canine, with a big cingulum, like a supernumerary cusp. \\ Case 13 & \(\bullet\) & A new tooth bud between the left mandibular premolars. \\ Case 14 & \(\bullet\) & Two big DCs associated with the mandibular premolars. \\ Case 15 & \(\bullet\) & Right side a DC-associated with the second premolar. \\ Case 16 & \(\bullet\) & Left side, both premolars are **included** in another DC, which was binocular. \\ Case 17 & \(\bullet\) & The first left premolar was in a horizontal position with the crown facing labially and root linguually. \\ Case 18 & \(\bullet\) & The eruption of the left lateral incisor and canine was blocked by the lack of space, due to a **supernumerary** erupted mandibular incisor. \\ Case 19 & \(\bullet\) & All mandibular deciduous molars had fillings and root canal treatments that could advocate for DCs of inflammatory origin. \\ Case 20 & \(\bullet\) & Although the left first premolar changed its position to a normal one, there was not enough space for its eruption, in addition to having a root DL. \\ Case 21 & \(\bullet\) & The left lateral incisors and canine also had small degrees of root DL. \\ Case 22 & \(\bullet\) & There were differences between the two DCs and local conditions. \\ Case 23 & \(\bullet\) & That right DC is of inflammatory origin, and after the marsupialization, the premolar started to erupt in its normal position. \\ Case 24 & \(\bullet\) & On the left side, the cyst is bilocular, and the inflammatory origin could not be the only etiological factor. \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 1: Summary of the radiological findings of the cases described above—the association between DL and other dental anomalies of genetic origin.  
Table 2 shows the cases where the DLs could be caused by DCs, due to their proximity. A \"Y\" indicates the presence of both DL and DC in the same area, either situated on the same arch or on both arches but close to each other.