Intra Oral Approach for Complex & Compound Odontomas (Large or Small)

Abstract

Odontoma by definition alone refers to any tumour of odontogenic origion. These are considered to be hamartomatous malformation rather than true neoplasm and are generally asymptomatic. World Health Organization defines a lesion as the complex odontoma: when the calcified dental tissues are simply arranged in an irregular mass bearing no morphologic similarity to rudimentary teeth. Compound odontomas: composed of all odontogenic tissues in an orderly pattern, which result in many teeth-like structures, but without morphologic resemblance to normal teeth. The goal of this article is to report two cases of the complex odontomas erupted in oral cavity and compound odotome with impacted teeth. The article also aims to report that intra oral approach for removal of odontomas complex or compound small or large is better than extra oral approach.