Open AccessThe odontomes: Report of five cases
Author(s) -
Vibha Singh,
Satish Dhasmana,
Shabad Mohammad,
Nidhi Singh
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
national journal of maxillofacial surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-3418
pISSN - 0975-5950
DOI - 10.4103/0975-5950.79220
Subject(s) - dental lamina , medicine , cementum , lesion , pulp (tooth) , dentin , odontogenic , odontoma , enamel paint , dentistry , dental follicle , anatomy , pathology , mesenchymal stem cell
Odontoma seems to result from budding of extra-odontogenic epithelial cells from the dental lamina. This cluster of cells forms a large mass of tissues that may be deposited in an abnormal arrangement, but consists of normal enamel, dentin, cementum and pulp. World Health Organization (WHO) classification defines a lesion as a malformation in which all the dental tissues are represented in a more orderly pattern than in the complex odontoma so that the lesion consists of many tooth-like structures. This article presents a report of five cases of odontomes.