Volume 12, Issue 1 (9 1999)                   J Dent Med-tums 1999, 12(1): 11-15 | Back to browse issues page

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Odontoma is an odontogenic lesion with epithelial and mesenchymal origin and is composed of differentiated dental parts. Than because of abnormal organization of mature tissues. It seems that it is a hamartoma rather than real tumor. Odontoma is seen in two types of compound & complex.Out of 57 studied cases, 31 cases (54.2%) were of complex type 12 cases (21 %) were compound & 8 cases were of cystic. The age of incidence ranged from 5.5 to 68 years. The mean age in complex odontoma was 27 years & compound type was 19 years. There was no significant difference regarding the sex in the complex type. In compound odontoma women were affected 2 times more than means.Complex type are found in mandibular posterior era ereas more and compound type in anterior regions .In this studied found 12 cases impaction teeth.

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