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Journal of Oral Science & Rehabilitation Volume 2 | Issue 2/2016 53 S p o n t a n e o u s b o n e r e g e n e r a t i o n : A n a l y s i s o f 3 3 6 c a s e s Figs. 5 & 6 Fig. 7 Figs. 8 & 9 Fig. 5 An intra-oral view. Fig. 6 An intra-oral view during the cyst enucleation. Fig. 7 The cystic specimen. Fig. 8 Postoperative radiographic view (six months after surgery). Fig. 9 Postoperative radiographic view (one year after surgery). The patient with the mandibular fracture was treated with analgesics and a soft diet under close observation. No surgical intervention to reduce and stabilizethefracturewas carried out. At six months postoperatively, the affected pa- tient experienced a spontaneous full recovery of the inferior alveolar nerve paresthesia. Clinical and radiographic evaluation perfor- med 12 months after the surgical procedure showed complete healing of the lesions in all of the cases, with no sign of inflammation, infecti- on or recurrence. On the basis of Kawai et al.’s criteria21 and of the postoperative radiographic and clinical controls, all ofthese areas were con- sidered healthy and showed complete bone re- covery. The postoperative CT scans performed on patients with very large mandibular cysts showed complete bone regeneration and recon- stitution of almost normal anatomy ofthe previ- ously affected jaw segment 12 months after surgery. There were also gradual increases in bone density in both mandibular and maxillary defects. In all of the cases, the clinical healing patterns were similar. Volume 2 | Issue 2/201653 S p o n t a n e o u s b o n e r e g e n e r a t i o n : A n a l y s i s o f 336 c a s e s