Compound odotoma
- Author:
Truong Van Tran
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
odotoma
- MeSH:
Odontoma;
Neoplasms
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
2001;256(2):67-70
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
Multi-teeth compound odontoma is rarely tumor. Odontoma is odontogenic original tumor, in which phenomena of induction of dental tissue leads to the formation of enamel and dentine. Odotoma subdivided into Odontoameloblastoma, complex odntoma and compound odontoma. Compound odontoma differs from complex odontoma by its arrangement of dental tissue in order, like normal teeth: enamel, dentine, cementum, connective tissue... although the morphology of teeth is deformed, rudimentary and tiny. In medical literature, there are some cases with several tens or up to 2000 tiny denticles in a tumour. In Vietnam, in 1986 author published a compound odontoma with 16 teeth. This case is a second one with 64 teeth in a compound odotoma of a 15 years old girl with features of odotoma: clinic, X-ray and histology.
