Decompression followed by enucleation: A conservative treatment for unicystic amelobastoma

Unicystic ameloblastoma is the benign, locally invasive odontogenic tumors which histologically shows typical ameloblastomatous epithelium lining part of the cyst cavity, with or without luminal and/or mural tumor growth. A case of symptomatic unicystic ameloblastoma in 16- year-old-female, who has treated by surgical decompression followed by enucleation in 2 stage surgery is presented. The present case report describes the clinical and radiological behaviors, its importance and complexity of a differential diagnosis and treatment protocol of lesions in the mandibular molar-ramus area in teenagers.