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Complex odontoma of the mandible anterior region: case report
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Keywords

Odontogenic tumors
Hamartoma
Odontoma
Radiography

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Complex odontoma of the mandible anterior region: case report. (2019). Electronic Journal Collection Health, 18, e254. https://doi.org/10.25248/reas.e254.2019

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Abstract

The odontomas are classified as the most common odontogenic tumors. It is considered anomalies of development (hamartomas), Odontogenic epithelium originated from mesenchyme in variable quantity and consisting of various dental tissue as enamel, dentin, cementum, and dental pulp. Can be subdivided into compounds, when feature like multiple small tooth tructures, or complex, when presenting a mass of enameland dentin that they don't remember the morphology of a tooth. The present article reports a clinical case of a female patient gender, with 41 years of age, which sought to dental care to tooth extractions. The panoramic radiography showed the presence of calcified tissue only surrounded by a radiolucent halo, located between the teeth roots 32 and 33, with diagnostic hypothesis of odontoma complex type, regarded as unusual to appeared in the anterior mandible and with little volume. The planning for this case was surgical removal of the lesion, obtaining success in treatment.

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