Year: 2018
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: Odontomas are the most common benign tumors of odontogenic origin. Due to the absence of symptoms, they are usually diagnosed on routine radiographs. Odontomas are divided based on their radiographic, clinical and histological features; compound odontoma and complex odontoma. The region can be reconstructed according to the destruction area of these lesions. Large bone defect in the jaw bone is usually reconstructed with autogenous bone graft from extraoral donor sites. In such cases, anterior iliac grafts are preferred most frequently. We reported 32-yearold man was referred to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, asymmetry with the facial swelling in the region of the posterior right maxilla. The first diagnostic hypothesis was complex odontoma. In decision of surgical excision of the lesion, followed by the rehabilitation of the zone with dental implants. The resulting defects were enriched with anterior iliac crest bone graft.
Institution: Gazi University
Language: English
Subfield: Oral Surgery
Field: Dentistry
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2806458331