Open AccessUnicystic Ameloblastoma of Anterior Mandible in a Middle-Aged Patient – A Rare Case Report
Author(s) -
Afreen Fathima,
Hema Gopalaiah,
Sathya Prakash Reddy K,
Alekhya Kanaparthi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
international journal of dentistry research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2581-3218
DOI - 10.31254/dentistry.2020.5201
Subject(s) - ameloblastoma , premolar , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , medicine , mandibular first molar , molar , odontogenic tumor , mandibular molar , anterior teeth , odontogenic , orthodontics , anatomy , dentistry , pathology , biology , botany , genus
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.