Case Report
Year: 2023 | Month: April | Volume: 13 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 118-122
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijhsr.20230415
Erupted Compound Odontoma in Anterior Maxilla: Case Report and Brief Literature Review
Sunali Khanna1, Ibrahim K. Ali2
1Associate Professor, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Nair Hospital Dental College, Mumbai, Maharashtra India
2Oral Medicine and Radiology Specialist, City Dental Clinic, Amravati, Maharashtra, India
Corresponding Author: Ibrahim K. Ali
ABSTRACT
Odontoma or odontome is the most common odontogenic tumor in oral cavity. Compound odontoma or fibro odontoma is most commonly located in anterior maxilla. Odontoma are hamartoma comprised of various dental tissues, that is, enamel, dentin, cementum, and occasionally pulp. Odontoma are slow-growing, benign tumors. The World Health Organization (WHO) outlines odontomas as two types- Compound odontoma and complex odontoma. Compound odontoma very rarely erupts in the oral cavity. We report this interesting case of a large erupted compound odontoma in anterior maxilla.
Key words: odontoma, odontome, compound odontome, benign tumor, fibro odontoma, odontogenic tumor, hamartoma