Mystery Behind a Broken, Discolored Right Maxillary Central Incisor: A Case Report

Odontoma is a hamartomatous benign odontogenic tumor that may resemble tooth-like structures. Odontomas can impede the eruption of the permanent underlying tooth or can cause devitalization of the tooth resulting in pain and swelling near the tooth, causing diagnostic dilemmas to the dentist. We des...

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Autores principales: Pethagounder Thangavelu, Ravikumar, Rajaram Mohan, Karthik, Mathew Fenn, Saramma
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8976874/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35382193
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22828
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description Odontoma is a hamartomatous benign odontogenic tumor that may resemble tooth-like structures. Odontomas can impede the eruption of the permanent underlying tooth or can cause devitalization of the tooth resulting in pain and swelling near the tooth, causing diagnostic dilemmas to the dentist. We describe a case of an unusual occurrence of such an odontoma in a 31-year-old male patient in the periapical region of a broken, discolored maxillary central incisor tooth causing a diagnostic dilemma and its treatment.
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spelling pubmed-89768742022-04-04 Mystery Behind a Broken, Discolored Right Maxillary Central Incisor: A Case Report Pethagounder Thangavelu, Ravikumar Rajaram Mohan, Karthik Mathew Fenn, Saramma Cureus Radiology Odontoma is a hamartomatous benign odontogenic tumor that may resemble tooth-like structures. Odontomas can impede the eruption of the permanent underlying tooth or can cause devitalization of the tooth resulting in pain and swelling near the tooth, causing diagnostic dilemmas to the dentist. We describe a case of an unusual occurrence of such an odontoma in a 31-year-old male patient in the periapical region of a broken, discolored maxillary central incisor tooth causing a diagnostic dilemma and its treatment. Cureus 2022-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8976874/ /pubmed/35382193 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.22828 Text en Copyright © 2022, Pethagounder Thangavelu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Mystery Behind a Broken, Discolored Right Maxillary Central Incisor: A Case Report
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