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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="background:#ccc">Odontoma</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Other names</th><td class="infobox-data">Odontome<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Ireland2010_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ireland2010-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fletcher2013_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fletcher2013-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a 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.infobox-has-images-with-white-backgrounds img{background:white}}</style> <p>An <b>odontoma</b>, also known as an <b>odontome</b>, is a <a href="/wiki/Benign_tumour" class="mw-redirect" title="Benign tumour">benign tumour</a><sup id="cite_ref-pmid15876969_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid15876969-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> linked to <a href="/wiki/Human_tooth_development" title="Human tooth development">tooth development</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Dorland-2011_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dorland-2011-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Specifically, it is a dental <a href="/wiki/Hamartoma" title="Hamartoma">hamartoma</a>, meaning that it is composed of normal <a href="/wiki/Human_tooth" title="Human tooth">dental tissue</a> that has grown in an irregular way. It includes both odontogenic hard and soft tissues.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As with normal tooth development, odontomas stop growing once mature which makes them benign.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The average age of people found with an odontoma is 14.<sup id="cite_ref-urlOdontogenic_tumors_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-urlOdontogenic_tumors-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The condition is frequently associated with one or more <a href="/wiki/Tooth_eruption" title="Tooth eruption">unerupted teeth</a> and is often detected through failure of teeth to erupt at the expected time. Though most cases are found impacted within the jaw there are instances where odontomas have erupted into the oral cavity.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid24900927_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid24900927-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types">Types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odontoma&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are two main types: compound and complex.<sup id="cite_ref-pmid14595262_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pmid14595262-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>A <i>compound</i> odontoma consists of the four separate dental tissues (<a href="/wiki/Tooth_enamel" title="Tooth enamel">enamel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dentin" title="Dentin">dentine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cementum" title="Cementum">cementum</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pulp_(tooth)" title="Pulp (tooth)">pulp</a>) embedded in fibrous connective tissue and surrounded by a fibrous capsule. It may present a lobulated appearance where there is no definitive demarcation of separate tissues between the individual "toothlets" (or denticles). Compound odontomas are usually found in the anterior <a href="/wiki/Maxilla" title="Maxilla">maxilla</a> and are less than 20mm in diameter.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The <i>complex</i> type is unrecognizable as dental hard and soft tissues, usually presenting as a radioopaque area with varying densities indicating presence of enamel. It generally appears in the posterior <a href="/wiki/Human_mandible" class="mw-redirect" title="Human mandible">mandible</a> and can grow to be several centimetres in size. <sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>In addition to the above forms, the dilated odontoma is an infrequent developmental alteration that appears in any area of the dental arches and can affect deciduous, permanent and supernumerary teeth. <a href="/wiki/Dens_invaginatus" title="Dens invaginatus">Dens invaginatus</a> is a developmental anomaly resulting from invagination of a portion of crown forming within the <a href="/wiki/Enamel_organ" title="Enamel organ">enamel organ</a> during <a href="/wiki/Human_tooth_development" title="Human tooth development">odontogenesis</a>. The most extreme form of dens invaginatus is known as a dilated odontoma. </p><p>There are two types of lesions which are regarded as complex odontomas with a prominent soft tissue component resembling <a href="/wiki/Ameloblastic_fibroma" title="Ameloblastic fibroma">ameloblastic fibroma</a>. With similar presentation and treatment outcomes to complex odontomas. <sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These lesions were poorly defined previously and were removed as separate entities from the WHO Classification of Head and Neck Tumors (2017). They are now regarded as developing odontomas as histologically there are no differences. <sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Ameloblastic fibrodentinoma with only dentine present</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ameloblastic_fibro-odontoma" title="Ameloblastic fibro-odontoma">Ameloblastic fibro-odontoma</a> with both enamel and dentine present</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Histopathology">Histopathology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odontoma&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Histopathology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Odontomas are from mixed <a href="/wiki/Epithelium" title="Epithelium">epithelial</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mesenchyme" title="Mesenchyme">mesenchymal</a> components which are required for tooth development, producing enamel, dentine, cementum and pulp tissue. <sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Presentation">Presentation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odontoma&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Presentation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Odontomas usually asymptomatic and present as chance radiographic finding, often during childhood and adolescence when teeth do not erupt within the expected timeframe. <sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Occasionally odontomas can erupt into the mouth and this can lead to acute infections resembling a <a href="/wiki/Dental_abscess" title="Dental abscess">dental abscess</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the early stage of odontoma development; radiolucent flecks develop. At a later stage of development a dense radioopaque mass becomes visible as enamel and dentine forms. <sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aetiology">Aetiology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odontoma&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Aetiology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Overall aetiology is unknown. However, odontomas have been related to local trauma, inflammatory and/or infectious processes, hereditary anomalies such as <a href="/wiki/Gardner%27s_syndrome" title="Gardner's syndrome">Gardener's syndrome</a> and Hermanns syndrome, odontoblastic hyperactivity, mature <a href="/wiki/Odontoblast" title="Odontoblast">odontoblasts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dental_lamina" title="Dental lamina">dental lamina</a> remnants (Cell Rests of Serres). <sup id="cite_ref-:3_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gardner's_syndrome"><span id="Gardner.27s_syndrome"></span>Gardner's syndrome</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odontoma&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gardner's syndrome"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Gardner's syndrome is a subtype of <a href="/wiki/Familial_adenomatous_polyposis" title="Familial adenomatous polyposis">Familial adenomatous polyposis</a>. The clinical presentation of this syndrome includes multiple odontomas. This condition has a high risk of malignancy through <a href="/wiki/Adenocarcinoma" title="Adenocarcinoma">adenocarcinoma</a> of the bowel. <sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Treatment">Treatment</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odontoma&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Treatment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Most common treatment is <a href="/wiki/Enucleation_(surgery)" class="mw-redirect" title="Enucleation (surgery)">surgical enucleation</a> due to well-encapsulated nature of odontomas allowing separation from surrounding bone. <sup id="cite_ref-:2_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:2-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>If left untreated can result in a <a href="/wiki/Dentigerous_cyst" title="Dentigerous cyst">dentigerous cyst</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-:1_6-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-:3_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:3-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Epidemiology">Epidemiology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odontoma&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Epidemiology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Odontomas are thought to be the second most frequent type of odontogenic tumor worldwide (after <a href="/wiki/Ameloblastoma" title="Ameloblastoma">ameloblastoma</a>), accounting for about 20% of all cases within this relatively uncommon tumor category which shows large geographic variations in incidence. According to the same article discussion, statistics might appear misleading as most of the odontomas within high-occurrence ameloblastoma-areas, are well-likely left unreported due to hospital management problems and asymptomatic clinical picture of odontoma.<sup id="cite_ref-Avelar-2011_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Avelar-2011-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2019, a 7-year-old boy from <a href="/wiki/Tiruvallur_district" title="Tiruvallur district">Tiruvallur district</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-NIE_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIE-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> near Chennai, India with compound odontoma received surgery to remove 526 teeth from his lower right jaw.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Saveetha_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Saveetha-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Odontoma&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-:0-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-:0_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAKJKCJRT2017" class="citation book cs1">AK, El-Naggar; 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