Developing Odontoma in the Mandible of an Eight-Year-Old Boy

Benign mixed odontogenic tumors have been repeatedly classified and reclassified over the past few decades. Odontoma is considered a hamartoma due to its slow growth and non-aggressive nature. We present an interesting case of developing odontoma in an eight-year-old boy. His complaint was a slow-gr...

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Published in:Curēus (Palo Alto, CA) CA), 2024-03, Vol.16 (3), p.e56230
Main Authors: Singh Sihmar, Sandeep, Rathi, Shalini, Ramalingam, Karthikeyan, Ramani, Pratibha, Sethuraman, Sathya
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asymptomatic
Case reports
Cysts
Dental enamel
Dentin
Dentistry
Hospitals
Local anesthesia
Oral Medicine
Pathogenesis
Pathology
Pediatrics
Stains & staining
Systematic review
Tumors
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Summary:Benign mixed odontogenic tumors have been repeatedly classified and reclassified over the past few decades. Odontoma is considered a hamartoma due to its slow growth and non-aggressive nature. We present an interesting case of developing odontoma in an eight-year-old boy. His complaint was a slow-growing swelling in the lower right back tooth region. Clinical examination revealed a carious deciduous second molar. The orthopantomogram revealed a well-defined radiolucency around the unerupted mandibular first premolar and impacted mandibular second premolar. Histopathology revealed an odontogenic epithelial lining overlying myxofibrous stroma with inflammatory cells and calcified structures with few odontogenic rests. Special staining methods including Van Gieson and modified Gallego stains led to the final diagnosis of a developing odontoma.
ISSN:2168-8184
2168-8184
DOI:10.7759/cureus.56230