Indian Journal of Dental Research (Jan 2011)

Ameloblastic fibrodentinoma

  • Deepak Bhargava,
  • Aparna Dave,
  • Bhudev Sharma,
  • KDS Nanda

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4103/0970-9290.84287
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 2
pp. 345 – 347

Abstract

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Odontogenic tumors comprise a complex group of lesions of diverse histopathological types and clinical behavior. The group of mixed odontogenic tumors, which are also rare, is composed of proliferating odontogenic epithelium in a cellular ectomesenchyme resembling dental papilla. Ameloblastic fibrodentinoma is a rare benign odontogenic tumor. The present case report discusses this tumor composed of odontogenic epithelium and odontogenic mesenchyme with dentin or dentin like tissue. The present paper also throws light on various histological similarities and complexities which make the interpretation of these set of odontogenic tumors a diagnostic dilemma.

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