Oral Pathology
Fatima Ezzahra Zidane (she/her/hers)
resident in pediatric dentistry
International University of Rabat, College of Health Sciences, International Faculty of Dental Medicine
faculty of dental medicine of rabat
RABAT, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco
mustapha el alloussi, n/a
International University of Rabat, College of Health Sciences, International Faculty of Dental Medicine
RABAT, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, Morocco
Compound odontoma has been reported to be the most common of all odontogenic neoplasms and tumor-like lesions. It is an asymptomatic, slow-growing neoplasm discovered incidentally during routine X-ray examination. In general, clinical indicators of odontoma may include disturbance of eruption (non-eruption of permanent teeth, retention of teeth), expansion of cortical bone, malposition of teeth, and pain. In this case, the presence of odontoma prevented physiological eruption of a mandibular permanent incisor.
Case report ; We describe a 12-year-old boy in apparent good health for absence of eruption of the 31 as a reason for consultation. The diagnosis of odontoma has not been made before.
Intraoral examination revealed no gingival swelling and no symptoms in the affected area. A bump on the lingual surface in the mandibular region and the persistence of the lower left central temporary incisor, were observed. Radiograph results showed a mixed radiopaque and radiolucent lesion in the 71, 42 region surrounded by a thin radiolucent band. Based on the clinical and radiographic presentation, a radiographic diagnosis of compound odontoma was made.
We describe the surgical procedure to remove an odontoma composed of 21 small tooth-like structures located in the mandible of a child associated with an unerupted mandibular permanent incisor.