Odontomas are the commonest hamartomas as well as odontogenic tumor. They are a malformation in which dental tissues are represented in more or less disorderly pattern. They prevent the eruption of the teeth and mostly asymptomatic in nature. Usually they are discovered on routine radiographic examination. The odontomas which erupt in oral cavity are called as erupted odontomas and are rare in ...

NTRODUCTION Odontogenic tumors have been a topic of considerable interest to oral pathologists who have studied and catalogued them for decades. As odontogenic tumors may contain tissues similar to the ones present in the tooth germ, the diagnostic significance of immature odontogenic tissues in jaw specimens from children and adolescents is not always clear. They could represent neoplasia as w...

To cite: Mohan RPS, Rastogi K, Verma S, et al. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/ bcr-2013-009355 DESCRIPTION Odontoma is perhaps more accurately defined as a hamartoma than a true neoplasm. The term odontoma was first coined by Broca in 1866, who defined it as a tumour formed by overgrowth of complete dental tissue. Odontoma has also been defined as ‘tu...