“…IBC does not cause expansion of cortical bone (Beasely, 1976;Matsumura et al, 1998;Suei et al, 2007;CortellBallester et al, 2009), and occasionally, it can be mistaken for other lesions of odontogenic nature (Ferreira et al, 2004;Suomalainen et al, 2009). As the differential diagnosis of IBC includes a broad range of odontogenic and non-odontogenic lesions, exploratory surgery is important (Perdigão et al, 2003;Ferreira et al, 2004;Suomalainen et al, 2009;Kuhmichel and Bouloux, 2010). During surgical exploration, an empty cavity is found with a thin layer of soft tissue in the bony wall (CortellBallester et al, 2009).…”