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1: J Mass Dent Soc. 2008 Winter;56(4):24-6.Links

Peripheral complex odontoma in a pediatric dental patient: a case report.

Ilief-Ala MA, Eisenberg E, Mathieu G.

Department of Oral Health and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT, USA.

Odontomas are the most commonly occurring benign odontogenic tumors of the jaws. Although a majority of odontomas are intraosseous, there are case reports of odontomas that erupted into the oral cavity. Even less common are peripheral or soft-tissue odontomas, only a few of which have been reported to date. We report a peripheral odontoma that arose in the alveolar mucosa of the posterior maxilla in a young child. The diagnosis, complications, treatment, and prognosis of this entity will be discussed.

PMID: 18459673 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]