Is the Detection of Odontoma Always Comfortable? A Case Report

Fatemeh Mashhadiabbas; Nafise Shamloo; Hasan Mirmohamad Sadeghi; Samane Ahmadi

doi:10.22038/jdmt.2019.13380

Journal of Dental Materials and Techniques (Sep 2019)

Is the Detection of Odontoma Always Comfortable? A Case Report

Fatemeh Mashhadiabbas,
Nafise Shamloo,
Hasan Mirmohamad Sadeghi,
Samane Ahmadi

Affiliations

Fatemeh Mashhadiabbas: Associated Professor, Departmentof Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Nafise Shamloo: Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Hasan Mirmohamad Sadeghi: Associated Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Samane Ahmadi: Post Graduate Student , Department of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.22038/jdmt.2019.13380
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 3
pp. 149 – 152

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Abstract Odontomas are the most common type of odontogenic tumors, which are often discovered by routine radiographic images or after taking films to determine the main cause of the tooth failure eruption or malocclusion. The present study aimed to describe a case of misdiagnosis and similarity of foreign body density in the radiographic appearance to odontoma in a 13-year-old male.

Published in Journal of Dental Materials and Techniques

ISSN: 2322-4150 (Print); 2252-0317 (Online)
Publisher: Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Dentistry
Website: http://jdmt.mums.ac.ir/

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