Authors:
Naveen Farooq1, Fouzia Aslam2
1 Assistant professor, Department of Community Dentistry, HBS Dental College, Islamabad
2 Assistant professor, Department of Oral and maxillofacial surgery, HBS Dental Hospital, Islamabad
Revisions:
Received: May 01. 2023 Revised: Sep 13. 2023 Accepted: Oct 24. 2023 Published: Jan 05. 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70394/jhbsmdc.v3i2.39
Abstract
Odontomes are developmental malformations that are produced by the growth of completely differentiated mesenchymal as well as epithelial cells responsible for the formation of odontoblasts and ameloblasts. There are two types of odontomas i.e., Complex and compound. In complex odontome, all dental tissues are present, but are disorderly organised, dissimilar to teeth. On X-ray, complex odontoma appears as a distinct radio-opacity, occasionally encircled by a thin radiolucent region. This case report presents an uncommon type of complex odontoma where patient reported with pain along with the large swelling in the posterior mandibular region without eruption. Enucleation was the treatment of choice.
Keywords: Odontoma, complex odontoma, mesenchymal and epithelial cells, radio-opacity, Enucleation.
