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Chirurgia 2013 April;26(2):121-3

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Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor associated to dentigerous cyst

Morelli Heiderich De Mattos A. ¹, Sampaio Queiroz C. ², Suruagy Motta Padilha W. ³, Nunes Dos Santos J. ⁴, Flores Campos P. S. ⁵

¹ MSc student in Dentristy, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil; ² MSc in Dentristy, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil; ³ DDS, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brazil; ⁴ PhD, associate professor, Department of Propedeutics and Integrated Clinic, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia, BA, Brazil; ⁵ PhD, associate professor, Department of Propedeutics and Integrated Clinic, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Bahia, BA, Brazil

The adenomatoid odontogenic tumor (AOT) is an epithelial odontogenic lesion more frequent in young individuals during the second and third decades of life. It usually affects the anterior maxillary region, and is often associated to an unerupted tooth. We present a clinical case of AOT associated to dentigerous cyst in a 16-year-old female patient, with increased asymptomatic volume in the upper lip region around the crown and the root of the unerupted left lateral incisor. The relevant aspects of the association of these two lesions, and regarding the controversial possibility of one lesion being transformed into another one are discussed here.