Clinical and pathological behaviour of odontomas
Keywords:
odontoma, odontogenic tumor, benign neoplasia.Abstract
Introduction: Odontomas are considered as the most common odontogenictumors, which are generally detected in X-rays. This paper was aimed at describing
the clinical and pathological behavior of odontomes treated in our service for
15 years.
Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from January 1996 to
December 2010, based on clinical, radiographic and anatomic and pathological
exams found in the medical histories of patients who were operated on at the
maxillofacial surgery department of "Ciro Redondo Garcia" hospital in Artemisa. The
variables age, sex, size, location of odontoma and classification into complex or
compound were analyzed in 46 patients.
Results: Males and females accounted for 56.5 % and 43.5 % of the study group;
the 15-29 y age group prevailed in 41.3 % of patients; 60.9 % were asymptomatic;
67.4 % of detected odontomas were located in the maxillary, the 0 to 3cm size in
the maxillary and the jaw accounted for 47.8 % whereas compound odontoma
occured in 69.5 % of patients.
Conclusions: Males and 15-29 y ages predominated; most of patients were
asymptomatic; the most abundant odontomas are 0 to 3cm long and the compound
odontoma was the most frequent in both the maxillary and the jaw.
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