Division of Pathology, Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences, Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama, Japan.
Division of Basic Biology, Department of Oral Biology and Tissue Engineering, Meikai University School of Dentistry, Saitama, Japan.
Head Neck Pathol. 2023 Dec;17(4):976-983. doi: 10.1007/s12105-023-01593-3. Epub 2023 Oct 19.
Practically every facet of the most common odontogenic tumor, odontoma, has been covered by an extensive volume of literature. However, uncertainty about its precise history has persisted.
The historical evolution of odontoma was traced with reference to the original illustrations that accompanied European and American reports published at the beginning of the 19th century and also at the turn of the century.
The prevailing views regarding the first description of odontoma by Oudet of Paris in 1809 and the original designation "odontome" by Broca of Paris in 1867 are not entirely accurate. Before Broca's suggested term, "exostose dentaire" (dental exostosis) and "tumeur dentaire" (dental tumor) proposed by Oudet and Forget of Paris, respectively, were popular terms adopted in France, while in Briatin the terms "warty tooth" and "supernumerary teeth" proposed by Salter and Tomes of London, respectively, were widely coined. The original illustrations of complex odontoma were published by Wedl of Vienna in 1851, and in 1862 Tomes published the first drawing of compound odontoma denticles. Before the advent of diagnostic radiography in the early 1900s, spontaneous exposure or eruption of odontoma followed by secondary infection was very common. In 1887-1888, Bland Sutton of London criticized Broca's monumental research and formulated the first modern classification which, in essence, remains valid today. At that time, large osteomas of the maxilla were inappropriately classified as odontomas by many pathologists because of Bland Sutton's influential view. Interestingly, the first radiographic evidence of odontoma was published by the American oral surgeon Gilmer in 1899.
In view of their fundamental achievements, the names of Wedl, Salter, Broca and Bland Sutton have been closely associated with the true history of odontoma.
最常见的牙源性肿瘤——牙瘤的几乎各个方面都有大量文献进行了阐述。然而，其确切的历史仍存在不确定性。
通过参考伴随欧洲和美国在 19 世纪初以及世纪之交发表的报告的原始插图，追溯了牙瘤的历史演变。
关于 1809 年巴黎的 Oudet 首次描述牙瘤和 1867 年巴黎的 Broca 最初指定“odontome”的观点并不完全准确。在 Broca 提出的术语“exostose dentaire”（牙外生骨）和“tumeur dentaire”（牙瘤）之前，巴黎的 Oudet 和 Forget 分别提出的术语“dental exostosis”和“dental tumor”在法国很流行，而在英国，伦敦的 Salter 和 Tomes 分别提出的术语“warty tooth”和“supernumerary teeth”被广泛使用。维也纳的 Wedl 于 1851 年发表了复杂牙瘤的原始插图，1862 年，Tomes 发表了首例复合牙瘤牙本质的绘图。在 20 世纪初诊断放射学出现之前，牙瘤自发暴露或萌出后继发感染非常常见。1887-1888 年，伦敦的 Bland Sutton 批评了 Broca 的重要研究，并制定了第一个现代分类，该分类在本质上至今仍然有效。当时，由于 Bland Sutton 的影响力，许多病理学家将上颌骨的大型骨瘤不当分类为牙瘤。有趣的是，牙瘤的第一个放射学证据是由美国口腔外科医生 Gilmer 于 1899 年发表的。
鉴于他们的重要成就，Wedl、Salter、Broca 和 Bland Sutton 的名字与牙瘤的真实历史紧密相关。
