Case Report
Year : 2022| Volume : 6 | Issue : 2 | Page : 61-64
Ameloblastoma in Anterior Mandible : A Case Report
Himanshu Deepak Dhanodkar, MDS1* | Bhupesh Bhayyaji Bagulkar, MDS2* | Shradha G. Jaiswal, MDS2*
1Post Graduate student, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology & Microbiology, Sri Aurobindo College of Dentistry, Sri Aurobindo University, Indore 2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology & Microbiology, Sri Aurobindo College of Dentistry, Sri Aurobindo University, Indore
Address for Correspondence
Dr. Bhupesh Bhayyaji Bagulkar,
Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology & Microbiology, Sri Aurobindo College of Dentistry, Sri Aurobindo University, Indore
Email: drbhupesh06@gmail.com
Abstract
Churchill gave the term “Ameloblastoma”. According to Robinson it is a “usually unicentric, nonfunctional, intermittent in growth, anatomically benign and clinically persistent tumor”. It is a benign odontogenic tumor originating from residual epithelium of the tooth germ, epithelium of odontogenic cysts stratified squamous epithelium and epithelium of the enamel organ. Histopathologically, it occurs in six patterns: plexiform, follicular, acanthomatous, granular cell, basal cell, and desmoplastic type. It is the second most common odontogenic neoplasm. It accounts for 11% of all odontogenic tumors and is characterized by slow growth and local infiltration into the adjacent tissues. About 80 % of ameloblastomas occur in the mandible, it frequently involves molar and mandibular angle (70 %), premolar (20 %), and rarely anterior region (10 %). Itis seen in adults in the third to fifth decade of life. Here, we are presenting a case of a 46-year-old male presented with a swelling in right anterior mandible diagnosed with plexiform ameloblastoma.
K E Y W O R D S: Plexiform Ameloblastoma; Odontogenic tumor; Mandible
Funding information
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Conflict of interest
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
How to cite this article: Dhanodkar H.D., Bagulkar B.B., Jaiswal S.G. Ameloblastoma in Anterior Mandible: A Case Report. Int J Orofac Res 2022;6(2):61-64. https://doi.org/10.56501/intjorofacres.v6i2.476
