Year : 2016

Volume : Volume 6

Issue : Issue 2

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Abstract

Background:  Odontomas are considered to be hamartomas rather than a true neoplasm. They consist chiefly of enamel and dentin, with variable amount of pulp and cementum when fully developed. They are generally asymptomatic and are included under the benign calcified odontogenic tumors. They are usually discovered on routine radiographic examination. Odontomes generally cause disturbances in the eruption of the teeth, most commonly delayed eruption or deflection. Eruption of an odontoma in the oral cavity is rare. In this article we are reporting a case of a 22 year old male patient with compound odontoma, with a multiple rudimentary toothlike structure in the maxillary left second molar region which prevented the eruption of maxillary left 1st and 3rd molar tooth. The odontoma was surgically enucleated.

Keywords: Compound odontome, maxillary posterior, enucleation.