Odontomas are benign tumors containing all the components of the odontogenic tissue. Disturbances in tooth eruption are one of the most common complications associated with odontomas. They are generally asymptomatic and are usually seen in second and third decades of life, rarely seen below 10 years of age. Herewith, we report an unusual occurrence of compound odontoma in a 4-year-old child vis...

Eruption of tooth into extraosseous locations is an extremely rare condition. We report a case of a six-year-old girl child with tooth-like structure erupting from the right buccal mucosa. Clinical, radiographic, and histopathologic examination suggested the diagnosis of compound odontoma. Very few cases have been reported so far, where tooth has been located completely in the soft tissue and a...

Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Sharavathi Dental College and Hospital, Shimoga, Karnataka, India Department of Periodontics, K.M. Shah Dental College and Hospital, Sumandeep Vidyapeeth, Vadodara, Gujarat, India Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Sharavathi Dental College and Hospital, Shimoga, Karnataka, India Department of Conservative and Endodontics, K.M Shah Dental Colleg...

Odontomas are categorised into mixed odontogenic tumor that originates ecto-mesenchymally and made up of mineralised tissue. Hamartoma is the most frequent benign tumour with an aetiology. It distinguished by its sluggish growth lack aggression. "Erupted odontomas" those erupt oral cavity uncommon. They usually noticed in regular radiography can be caused a variety factors, including trauma, ge...

This report reviews the clinicopathologic characteristics of 104 cases of odontomas diagnosed in the Division of Stomatology, Institute for Medical Research, Kuala Lumpur, over a 29-year period (1967-1995). The results showed no real predilection in terms of sex (M:F ratio, 1:1), race (45.2% Malays, 40.4% Chinese, 10.6% Indians and 3.8% other races) or site (maxilla:mandible ratio, 1: 1.04) dis...

Maxillary central incisor impactions occur infrequently. Their origins include various local causes, such as odontoma, supernumerary teeth, and space loss. Supernumerary and ectopically impacted teeth are asymptomatic and found during routine clinical or radiological examinations. The surgical exposure and orthodontic traction of bilaterally impacted central incisors after removal of impacted s...

Sinusitis of dental origin is a relatively frequent entity, and odontomas are considered to be the most common odontogenic tumors of the oral cavity. Eruption and infection of odontomas are extremely rare. Here, we report an interesting case where odontoma was found in the wake of the maxillary sinusitis onset.

Relevance. An odontoma is a benign odontogenic tumour that consists of dental tissue elements. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis odontomas complicated enough for their high heterogeneity significant morphological inhomogeneity. Clinical case description. The article presents the results studying morphology composition removed surgically medical reasons in 7-year-old patient using complex fol...