Complex odontoma: report of two unusual cases

Abstract

Odontomas are the most common benign, slow-growing and nonaggressive odontogenic tumors of the jaws. They are usually clinically asymptomatic and are diagnosed on routine radiological examination in the second decade of life. The eruption and infection of odontomas are uncommon and very few cases are reported in the literature. This paper reports two cases of complex odontomas with such unusual features.

odontoma; erupted odontoma; odontogenic tumors

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Publication Dates

• Publication in this collection
  04 June 2013
• Date of issue
  Dec 2012

History

• Received
  23 June 2012
• Accepted
  12 Nov 2012