Odontomas are the most common odontogenic tumors. Intraosseous odontome rarely erupt and very few cases have been reported in the literature. Here we are reporting a case of large erupted complex odontoma in the posterior maxilla, associated with an impacted second molar that caused secondary symptoms like pain and swelling. This case is significant as there are very few reports of complex odon...

Compound odontoma shows anatomic similarities to teeth. They are usually asymptomatic but often associated with eruption disturbances. We report clinical, radiographic and histologic features of a case of compound odontoma which was treated by surgically removal.

INTRODUCTION Ameloblastoma is a benign odontogenic neoplasm of the jaw, rarely presenting as a malignant tumor. Although it is very important to discriminate ameloblastoma from ameloblastic carcinoma in order to decide the appropriate operative procedure, this is difficult using conventional CT and MRI. CASE DESCRIPTIONS We report a case of maxillar ameloblastoma in a 78-year-old man where FD...

Peripheral odontoma is rare, and only two cases of congenital peripheral odontoma have been reported. Congenital oral fibroma is also rare. We describe a unique case of congenital peripheral developing odontoma accompanied by congenital teratomatous fibroma in an infant. Both tumors were difficult to detect on radiography. Two small masses were seen in the median anterior portion of the palatal...

Spindle-cell differentiation in ameloblastic carcinoma is a rare event. Although reported by many authors, it was first described as a separate entity in 1999 by Slater under the heading "low-grade spindle-cell ameloblastic carcinoma." Here, we report a case of low-grade spindle-cell ameloblastic carcinoma arising in pre-existing unicystic ameloblastoma.The patient, a 60-year-old Indian woman, ...

A dilated odontoma is an extremely rare developmental anomaly represented as a dilatation of the crown and root as a consequence of a deep, enamel-lined invagination and is considered a severe variant of dens invaginatus. An oval shape of the tooth lacking morphological characteristics of a crown or root implies that the invagination happened in the initial stages of morphodifferentiation. Spon...

AIM The purpose of this paper was to describe the dental and surgical management of the impaction of deciduous maxillary anterior teeth due to compound odontoma. In all analysed patients impaction of the maxillary deciduous canine was associated with the presence of an odontoma. Therefore, impaction of the maxillary deciduous canine can be considered as pathognomonic of the presence of an in...

The ameloblastic carcinoma is a rare malignant counterpart of the ameloblastoma. Ameloblastic carcinoma is a malignant lesion with characteristic histologic features and behavior that dictates a more aggressive surgical approach than that of a simple ameloblastoma. However, reliable evidence of its biologic activity is currently unavailable due to the scarcity of well-documented cases. We prese...

Complex composite odontoma was described as a distinct entity for the first time by Broca in 1866. This lesion takes place because dental components are laid down in a disorganized manner, due to failure of normal morphodifferentiation. The difference between complex and composite odontomas is arbitrary, being based on the preponderance of well-organized denticles as opposed to a preponderance ...

Odontomas are the most common type of odontogenic tumors and generally they are asymptomatic. Frequently, it may interfere with the eruption of the teeth. This is a case report of a compound composite odontoma in a 10-year-old girl, which results in failure of eruption of the permanent upper right central incisor while the contralateral tooth had erupted. A calcified mass was seen in the radiog...