Year : 2015

Volume : Volume 5

Issue : Issue 2

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Surendra Reddy Munnangi
surendram@gmail.com

Abstract

Background:  Impaction of primary teeth is a rare occurrence and is commonly due to the presence of an odontoma. Odontomas are considered as common odontogenic tumors, which are asymptomatic and found on routine radiographic examination. They appear as radio-opaque lesions of different sizes that are solitary or multiple. Clinically, they are complex or compound, and classified as Intra-osseous where they may erupt but occur inside the bone. Extra-osseous or peripheral occur in the tooth bearing portions of the jaws. Compound odontomas commonly occur in the anterior region of the upper jaw and complex odontomas in the posterior region of both the jaws. They constitute around 22% of all the odontogenic tumors. Sometimes they might be associated with disturbances in the eruption of teeth like impaction, retention or delayed eruption of primary teeth. This case report presents a rare occurrence of an impacted primary canine with odontoma in a seven-year-old female child.

Key words: Odontoma, Primary dentition, Compound odontoma.