Impacted teeth in relation to odontomas.

Abstract

A retrospective investigation on the eruption of impacted teeth after surgical treatment of odontoma has been carried out. A total of 218 operative removals of odontomas took place in the Department of Oral Surgery, Royal Dental College in the years 1952-1974; 49 of these were localized directly in relation to an impacted tooth and were considered as the cause of impaction. In 42 cases there was sufficient material for the follow-up investigation. The morphology of the impacted tooth was normal in 62% (26/42); when deviation occurred, only the root was involved (11/13). After removal of the odontomas, 45% (19/42) of the impacted teeth erupted, 77% (13/17) of the remaining teeth erupted after a second operation. The results of this investigation suggest that three out of four impacted teeth related to odontomas will erupt after removal of the odontoma.

• Authors: P Morning
• Journal: International journal of oral surgery (Int J Oral Surg) Vol. 9 Issue 2 Pg. 81-91 (Apr 1980) ISSN: 0300-9785 [Print] Denmark
• PMID: 6773900 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Adult
• Bicuspid (pathology)
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• Cuspid (pathology)
• Female
• Humans
• Incisor (pathology)
• Male
• Molar (pathology)
• Odontogenic Tumors (surgery)
• Odontoma (complications, surgery)
• Radiography
• Retrospective Studies
• Tooth Eruption
• Tooth Root (pathology)
• Tooth, Impacted (diagnostic imaging, etiology)