Compound Odontome at Angle of Mandible: An Unusual Case Report
Pankhuri Shandilya
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, BIDSH, India.
Priyankar Singh *
PGIDER, IGIMS, India.
Swati Singh
PGIDER, IGIMS, India.
Nimmi Singh
PGIDER, IGIMS, India.
Navin Mishra
PGIDER, IGIMS, India.
Jawed Iqbal
PGIDER, IGIMS, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Rationale: A neoplastic cyst like lesion which resembles a tumor and arises from tooth forming tissues. Patient reported with rocky hard swelling of left lower jaw leading to difficulty in mouth opening, facial deformity and consistent mild pain.
Diagnosis: Compound odontome usually based on clincoradiological findings.
Treatment: Unilateral hard mass was surgically removed from mandible and reconstruction plate were placed. On separation specimen yielded 17 teeth like structure.
Results: Outcomes as we see histologically multiple small teeth like structures are surgically removed under general anesthesia and reconstructed with titanium plates.
Keywords: Odontoma, complex, compound, histo pathology, reconstruction, outcome