[Odontomas with special reference to Gardner's syndrome]

Analysis of world literature appears to show that large hard odontomata of the jaw are relatively rare. 43 such odontogenous tumours are reported which were treated during 30 years in the maxillo-facial clinic in Heidelberg and in which the feasibility of mandibular reconstruction following partial resection was considered. The attention of dentists and maxillo-facial surgeons is drawn to odontomata, which are part of the symptom complex of Gardner's syndrome; a case is described where this rare disease presented.