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Year : 2005 | Volume
: 23
| Issue : 3 | Page : 146-150 |
Compound composite odontome associated with an unerupted deciduous incisor - A rarity
S Singh, Mousumi Singh, I Singh, D Khandelwal
Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad, India
Correspondence Address:
Mousumi Singh Dept. of Pedodontics, Kothiwal Dental College and Research Centre, Moradabad - 244 001 India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.16889
Odontomes are considered to be hamartomatous malformation rather than true neoplasm and are generally asymptomatic. Here is a case presentation of compound composite odontome with impacted deciduous teeth in an 11-year-old girl. A calcified mass was revealed in the radiograph and the case was finally diagnosed to be compound composite odontome. The mass was surgically excised.
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