Kudva Adarsh, Chithra A, Rao Nirmala N, Cariappa K M
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, Karnataka India.
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, Karnataka India.
J Maxillofac Oral Surg. 2016 Jul;15(Suppl 2):320-4. doi: 10.1007/s12663-015-0859-1. Epub 2015 Dec 24.
Odontomas are the most common odontogenic tumors of the oral cavity which are nonaggressive, hamartomatous in nature consisting of enamel, dentin and cementum. They are called as composite because they contain more than one type of tissue. They are generally asymptomatic, hence recognised on routine radiologic examination. The compound odontoma is composed of multiple small tooth like structures, whereas the complex odontoma consists of a conglomerate mass of enamel and dentine, which bears no anatomical similarity to the tooth. The eruption and infection of odontoma are uncommon, only few cases of erupted complex odontoma are reported in the literature. We report a case of silent erupting complex odontoma.
牙瘤是口腔中最常见的牙源性肿瘤，是非侵袭性的错构瘤，由釉质、牙本质和牙骨质组成。由于它们包含不止一种类型的组织，所以被称为混合性牙瘤。它们通常没有症状，因此在常规放射学检查中被发现。复合性牙瘤由多个小牙样结构组成，而复杂性牙瘤则由一团杂乱的釉质和牙本质组成，与牙齿没有解剖学上的相似性。牙瘤的萌出和感染并不常见，文献中仅报道了少数几例复杂性牙瘤萌出的病例。我们报告一例无症状性萌出的复杂性牙瘤病例。
