Abdul Morawala, Pragati Kapila, Yusuf Chunawala
Pedodontics & Preventive Dentistry, M.A. Rangoonwala College of Dental Sciences & Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra 411001, India.
Advanced Program for Dentists in Pediatric Dentistry, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, USA.
Case Rep Dent. 2014;2014:107089. doi: 10.1155/2014/107089. Epub 2014 Dec 21.
Odontomas are odontogenic benign tumors composed of dental tissue. Majority of these lesions are asymptomatic and are often detected on routine radiographs. They can be thought of as "tooth hamartomas" with the lesion consisting of various tooth components. They are divided histologically into complex odontomas and compound odontomas. This paper describes the case of a compound odontoma in a 13-year-old girl diagnosed due to the retention of the primary right mandibular second molar. A surgical excision was performed without disturbing the unerupted premolar. The results achieved indicate that early diagnosis of odontomas enables adoption of less complex treatment, a better prognosis, and displacement or devitalisation of adjacent tooth.
牙瘤是由牙组织构成的牙源性良性肿瘤。这些病变大多无症状，常在常规X线片上被发现。它们可被视为“牙齿错构瘤”，病变由各种牙齿成分组成。组织学上它们被分为复合性牙瘤和组合性牙瘤。本文描述了一名13岁女孩因右侧下颌乳第二磨牙滞留而被诊断为组合性牙瘤的病例。在不干扰未萌出前磨牙的情况下进行了手术切除。所取得的结果表明，牙瘤的早期诊断能够采用不太复杂的治疗方法，获得更好的预后，并避免相邻牙齿移位或失活。
