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Compound Odontoma associated with Maxillary Canine: A Case Report

Author(s) -

Eby Aluckal,

Eldhose K George,

Sanju Lakshmanan,

Shilpa Chikkanna,

Abraham Kunnilathu

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

journal of scientific dentistry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2278-3865

pISSN - 2277-7687

DOI - 10.5005/jsd-6-2-46

Subject(s) - maxillary canine , odontoma , medicine , orthodontics , canine tooth , dentistry , mandibular canine , odontogenic , pathology

Odontoma is a hamartomatous lesion of odontogenic origin involving both epithelial and mesenchymal tissues. Odontomas constitute about 22% of all odontogenic tumors of the jaws. They are usually asymptomatic but sometimes may interfere with the eruption of the associated tooth, leading to impaction or delayed eruption. This paper reports a case of management of the radiopaque mass which was associated with the impacted left maxillary canine. The radiopaque mass was surgically removed and confirmed as Compound Odontoma histopathologiocally

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