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A Commentary on the 2022 World Health Organization’s Classification of Odontogenic and Maxillofacial Bone Tumors

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: A bstract World Health Organisation (WHO) established a Collaborating Centre for the Histological Classification of Odontogenic Tumours and Allied Lesions (including Jaw Cysts) under the supervision of Jens Pindborg in 1966. To date, five revisions have been done in this classification. The current article discusses the changes made in 4th edition made in the year 2017. These include changing the nomenclature for some entities, revising the diagnostic criteria or subtypes, removing some entities, adding new entities, and reorganizing entities using the hierarchical system used throughout the WHO classification of tumours of all organ systems in the fifth edition. This commentary discusses the changes done in the current classification (2022) and its limitations.

Source: International Journal of Medicine and Health Development

DOI: 10.4103/ijmh.ijmh_47_25

Authors: Gnanambigai Kalaimani, Balasundaram Sivapathasundharam, Manickam R. C. Rajeswari, Bhupathy Premkarthick, Johnpeter G. Benitha

Language: English

Topic: Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Subfield: Oral Surgery

Field: Dentistry

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $180

OpenAlex ID: W7142014939

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