A six year old child patient has blue-dome shaped swelling in posterior mandibular region, what will be the treatment plan?

Correct answer: A. Reassure the patient without any treatment

  • A. Reassure the patient without any treatment
  • B. Excise the lesion
  • C. Marsupialization
  • D. Surgical Excision

Explanation

A blue-dome swelling over an erupting tooth in a child is typical of an eruption cyst. It usually ruptures and resolves as the tooth erupts, so reassurance and observation are appropriate unless it persists or interferes with eruption.

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