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Chirurgia 2021 October;34(5):219-21

DOI: 10.23736/S0394-9508.20.05201-8

Copyright © 2020 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA

language: English

Impacted lateral incisor associated to compound odontoma: a rare case report

Samir MAINASSARA CHEKARAOU, Bassima CHAMI

Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Rabat Military Teaching Hospital Mohammed V, Rabat, Morocco



Odontomas represent the most common type of odontogenic benign jaws tumors among patients younger than 20 years of age. Compound odontomas are often associated with impacted adjacent permanent teeth and their surgical removal represents the best therapeutic option. Below is the case report of a 15-year-old patient with a compound odontoma associated with an impacted lower lateral incisor.


KEY WORDS: Odontoma; Tooth, impacted; Odontogenic tumors; Surgical procedures, operative

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