An Unusual Case Report of Erupted Odontoma

Dhaval Mehta,Viral Parekh,Chintan Modi,Sneha Udhani,Nilesh Raval

doi:10.1155/2013/570954

Abstract

Odontomas are the most common of the odontogenic tumors of the jaws, which are benign, slow growing, and nonaggressive. They are usually asymptomatic and found in routine dental radiographic examination. Odontomas are usually associated with tooth eruption disturbances. Eruption of odontoma in oral cavity is rare entity. Here we report a case of an unusual erupted compound odontoma.

Highlights

Odontomas are hamartomas composed of various dental tissues, that is, enamel, dentin, cementum, and sometimes pulp
The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines odontomas as two types: complex odontomas, a malformation in which all dental tissues are present, but arranged in a more or less disorderly pattern; and compound odontomas, a malformation in which all of the dental tissues are represented in a pattern that is more orderly than that of the complex type [1]
Odontomas erupting into the oral cavity are extremely uncommon, with the first case being reported in English literature in 1980 by Rumel et al A literature review by Litonjua et al in 2003 recorded only 14 cases in English literature from 1980 to 2003 [2, 3]

Summary

Introduction

Odontomas are hamartomas composed of various dental tissues, that is, enamel, dentin, cementum, and sometimes pulp The erupted odontomas are the ones which are present coronal to an erupting or impacted tooth or superficially in bone and may have enabled its eruption into the oral cavity [2]. Odontomas erupting into the oral cavity are extremely uncommon, with the first case being reported in English literature in 1980 by Rumel et al A literature review by Litonjua et al in 2003 recorded only 14 cases in English literature from 1980 to 2003 [2, 3]. 20 cases of erupted odontomas are reported in the literature; out of these 11 cases are complex odontoma and 9 erupted odontomas are associated with impacted teeth [4]. We present a rare case of erupted odontome in maxillary anterior region

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