SPONTANEOUS ERUPTION OF IMPACTED MAXILLARY PRIMARY CANINE AFTER REMOVAL OF ODONTOMA

Park, So-Yeon; Kim, Soo-Kyoung; Choi, Sung-Chu; Kim, Kwang Chul; Park, Jae-Hong

Journal of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 2012;39(1):73-78.
Published online February 29, 2012.

SPONTANEOUS ERUPTION OF IMPACTED MAXILLARY PRIMARY CANINE AFTER REMOVAL OF ODONTOMA

So-Yeon Park¹, Soo-Kyoung Kim², Sung-Chu Choi¹, Kwang Chul Kim¹, Jae-Hong Park¹

¹Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Institute of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry, Kyung Hee University
²Dasom Junior Dental Clinic

복잡 치아종 제거 후 변위된 매복 상악 유견치의 자가 맹출

박소연¹, 김수경², 최성철¹, 김광철¹, 박재홍¹

¹경희대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실 및 구강생물학교실
²다솜쥬니어치과

Correspondence: Jae-Hong Park, Tel: 02-958-9379, Email: pedopjh@khu.ac.kr

Received: 10 October 2011 • Accepted: 10 January 2012

Abstract

Complex odontomas consist of a conglomerate mass of enamel, dentin and cementum which bears no anatomic resemblance to a tooth. The majority of these lesions are completely asymptomatic, being discovered on routine radiographic examination or when films are taken to determine the reason for tooth eruption failure. Compound odontomas seldom cause bony expansion, but complex odontomas often cause slight or even marked bony expansion. Complex odontomas are mostly associated with permanent teeth and very rarely associated with deciduous teeth. They are usually located in the first-or second-molar areas of the mandible. This report presents a case of a patient with impaction of a maxillary primary canine by a complex odontoma in which surgical excision of the lesion was performed. And the primary canine was repositioned right under gingival level for spontaneous erution. Follow-up after six months showed spontaneous eruption ofthe repositioned maxillary primarycanine.

Key Words: Remove of odontoma, Impacted tooth, Spontaneous eruption