Professor and Head, Department of oral and maxillofacial pathology, Navodaya Dental College and Hospital, Raichur-Karnataka, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr Vanishree MDS, Professor and Head, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial pathology, Navodaya Dental College & Hospital, Raichur-584101, Karnataka, India, Contact Number: 09986069137, Mail: vaniravi5@gmail.com
Online published on 18 November, 2013.
Odontomas are considered to be hamartomas rather than a true neoplasm. They consist chiefly of enamel and dentin, with variable amount of pulp and cementum when fully developed. They are generally asymptomatic and are included under the benign calcified odontogenic tumors. Here is a case presentation of compound odontome with impacted permanent teeth in anterior mandible in a 21 year old boy, which not a usual site for compound odontomes. Radiograph revealed a calcified mass and the case was finally diagnosed to be compound odontome. The mass was surgically excised and follow up for one year showed no recurrence
Compound odontome, Hamartoma, Mandibular impacted tooth
