UNICYSTIC AMELOBLASTOMA OF THE MANDIBLE IN CHILDREN: DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Ameloblastoma is the most important and common odontogenic tumor of epithelial origin. It consists of a benign tumor of slow and locally invasive course presenting high rates of relapses. Facial asymmetry as well as displacement and dental mobility are the most frequent clinical signs. Unicystic ameloblastoma is one of the variants of the tumor and deserves consideration apart for its own characteristics which shows lower rates of recurrence and less aggressive behavior locally. The objective was to report a clinical case of a mandibular fracture after facial trauma associated with an osteolytic lesion in the right mandibular angle region. The patient submitted to injury enucleation + 2.0 system locking system installation. Conservative surgical therapies, such as enucleation, should be used in the treatment of neoplasms with less invasive histologic behavior. This approach is effective and has less ablative characteristics. Ameloblastoma is the most important and common odontogenic tumor of epithelial origin. It consists of a benign tumor of slow and locally invasive course presenting high rates of relapses. Facial asymmetry as well as displacement and dental mobility are the most frequent clinical signs. Unicystic ameloblastoma is one of the variants of the tumor and deserves consideration apart for its own characteristics which shows lower rates of recurrence and less aggressive behavior locally. The objective was to report a clinical case of a mandibular fracture after facial trauma associated with an osteolytic lesion in the right mandibular angle region. The patient submitted to injury enucleation + 2.0 system locking system installation. Conservative surgical therapies, such as enucleation, should be used in the treatment of neoplasms with less invasive histologic behavior. This approach is effective and has less ablative characteristics.