Odontoma Demystified: Types, Clinical Features, and Treatment

Odontoma Demystified: Types, Clinical Features, and Treatment

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Answer. Odontomas are hamartomas that contain both epithelial and mesenchymal dental tissue components.

• Generally, there are two types of odontoma:
  1. Complex odontoma
  2. Compound odontoma.

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Complex Odontoma

It is always benign and contains enamel, dentin and cementum which are not differentiated, so that structure of the actual tooth is not identifiable.

Compound Odontoma

It is also benign. In compound odontomas, the enamel and dentin are laid down in such a fashion that the structure bears considerable anatomic resemblance to normal teeth, except that they are often smaller than typical teeth.

“Role of histopathology in identifying odontoma types”

Clinical Features Of Odontoma

• Lesion occurs among children or young adults.
• Both sexes are equally affected, or a slight male predominance is present.
• The maxilla is commonly affected. Odontomas are commonly seen in the pericoronal area of permanent teeth.
• Odontoma produces large, bony, hard swellings of the jaw, with expansion of cortical plates and displacement of regional teeth.

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• If odontoma is located high in alveolus, they may tend to erupt in oral cavity by resorbing overlying bone and as a result there may be pain, inflammation, ulceration, etc.

Histopathology Of Odontoma

“Tests for confirming the presence of odontomas”

• Fully developed compound odontoma reveals the presence of an encapsulated mass of separate denticles, embedded in firm tissue stroma.
• The fully developed complex odontoma reveals an irregularly arranged but well­formed mass of enamel, dentin and cementum which is surrounded by firous tissue capsule.
• The dentinal tissues lie in direct contact with connective tissue that resembles the dental pulp.
• Most of the enamel tissues are fully calcified and appear as small spaces.

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Treatment Of Odontoma

Surgical Enucleation.

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