Unicystic Ameloblastoma of Anterior Mandible in a Middle-Aged Patient – A Rare Case Report

Abstract

Ameloblastoma is the term first suggested by Churchill in 1934. This is an odontogenic tumour where epithelium is the neoplastic component with no involvement of ectomesenchyme. As a well known fact that ameloblastoma is a benign tumour which invades locally with most common site being the third molar region mandibular jaw. Most commonly ameloblastoma occurs in mandibular third molar region upto 66%, followed by 11% in mandibular premolar region, 10% in mandibular anterior region, 6% in maxillary anterior and posterior region and only 1% in maxillary premolar region. Here in this case report we present a rare case of unicystic ameloblastoma occuring in anterior mandibular region crossing the midline along with radiographic investigations done in two dimensional and three dimensional imaging.