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Gingival peripheral odontoma in an adult: case report
1Department of Oral Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School, Kawagoe, Japan.
Journal of Periodontology
|June 29, 2000
Abstract
Background:
Odontoma arising in the extraosseous soft tissue is extremely uncommon. We describe our experience of gingival peripheral odontoma in which the initial presentation was a small asymptomatic nodule.
Methods:
Case study.
Results:
A 44-year-old man reported with a firm gingival mass of the anterior maxilla which had been gradually enlarging over 5 years. Radiographic examination showed a dense radiopaque mass occupying most of the tumor and no evidence of underlying intraosseous lesion. The pathology was reported as odontoma.
Conclusions:
This is the fourth reported case of peripheral odontoma in the gingiva.