REPORT OF A GINGIVAL SURGICAL CYST DEVELOPING SECONDARILY TO A SUBEPITHELIAL CONNECTIVE-TISSUE GRAFT

THE SUBEPITHELIAL CONNECTIVE TISSUE GRAFT is a valuable technique used to cover exposed root surfaces or to increase the zone of attached gi ngiva. Cysts, such as the gingival cyst of the adult, an epithelial-li ned cysts which may arise from heterotropic glandular tissue, a prolif erating rete peg, remnants of the dental lamina, or traumatic implanta tion of epithelial tissue. In this paper, a case report is described o f a ''surgical cyst'' or cystic morphogenesis of surgically implanted epithelium developing secondarily to a subepithelial connective tissue graft.