Compound odontoma

Odontomas have been extensively reported in the dental literature, and the term refers to tumors of odontogenic origin. Though the exact etiology is still unknown, the postulated causes include: local trauma, infection, inheritance and genetic mutation. The majority of the lesions are asymptomatic;...

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Autores principales: Yadav, Monica, Godge, Pournima, Meghana, S. M., Kulkarni, Sandip R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354782/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22629054
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.95095
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author Yadav, Monica
Godge, Pournima
Meghana, S. M.
Kulkarni, Sandip R.
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description Odontomas have been extensively reported in the dental literature, and the term refers to tumors of odontogenic origin. Though the exact etiology is still unknown, the postulated causes include: local trauma, infection, inheritance and genetic mutation. The majority of the lesions are asymptomatic; however, may be accompanied with pain and swelling as secondary complaints in some cases. Here, we report a case of a compound odontome in a 14 year old patient.
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spelling pubmed-33547822012-05-24 Compound odontoma Yadav, Monica Godge, Pournima Meghana, S. M. Kulkarni, Sandip R. Contemp Clin Dent Case Report Odontomas have been extensively reported in the dental literature, and the term refers to tumors of odontogenic origin. Though the exact etiology is still unknown, the postulated causes include: local trauma, infection, inheritance and genetic mutation. The majority of the lesions are asymptomatic; however, may be accompanied with pain and swelling as secondary complaints in some cases. Here, we report a case of a compound odontome in a 14 year old patient. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3354782/ /pubmed/22629054 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0976-237X.95095 Text en Copyright: © Contemporary Clinical Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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