Abstract
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Odontomas are hamartomatous developmental malformations of dental tissues. Generally asymptomatic, discovered during the routine radiography, rarely cause expansion of bone followed by facial asymmetry and interfere with teeth eruption. We presents a rare case of complex odontoma in an 11 year old boy which resulted in failure of eruption of permanent 1st and 2nd mandibular left molar. A calcified radiopaque mass was seen in the radiograph and was provisionally diagnosed as odontoma. The tumor was treated by surgical excision under local anesthesia following which the odontoma was enucleated and histologic evaluation was done to confirm the diagnosis. |
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Keywords :
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Odontoma, Odontogenic tumor, Hamartoma, Tooth eruption, Molar, Humans.
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