Open AccessOrthodontic management of an impacted maxillary incisor due to odontoma
Author(s) -
Rahul Baldawa,
Kiran C Khante,
Jitendra V Kalburge,
Vikrant O Kasat
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/0976-237x.79312
Subject(s) - maxilla , odontoma , impaction , medicine , maxillary central incisor , odontogenic , impacted tooth , maxillary canine , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , dentistry , incisor , odontogenic tumor , orthodontics , pathology , molar , biology , botany , genus
Odontomas are a heterogeneous group of jaw bone lesions, classified as odontogenic tumors which usually include well-diversified dental tissues. Odontomas are the most common type of odontogenic tumors and generally they are asymptomatic. Two types of odontomas are described: compound and complex based on either the appearance of well-organized tooth-like structures (compound odontomas) or on a mass of disorganized odontogenic tissues (complex odontomas). Compound odontomas have a predilection for the anterior maxilla, whereas complex odontomas have a predilection for the posterior mandible. Odontomas frequently interfere with eruption of teeth leading to their impaction. This is a case report of a 14-year-old girl with an unerupted maxillary right central incisor due to a complex composite odontoma a rare occurrence in anterior maxilla. Surgical excision of the odontoma and orthodontic treatment to get the impacted maxillary right central incisor into alignment is discussed.