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Intraoral view of Case 1.
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A girl aged 4 years presented with an unerupted right mandibular primary canine tooth and swelling in that region (Figure 1).
Radiographic view of the odontomas.
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Periapical radiograph of the lower canine region showed that multiple radio-opaque structures were present around the crown of the an unerupted canine (Figure 2).
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View of the odontomas after a buccal mucoperiosteal flap was raised.
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Bone was removed with a bur (Figure 3) and then multiple odontomas were removed (Figure 4).
Odontomas after surgical removal.
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Bone was removed with a bur (Figure 3) and then multiple odontomas were removed (Figure 4).
Panoramic radiograph taken two years after the operation.
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At the end of the 2-year follow up visit, the primary canine tooth was in the dental arch (Figure 5).
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Panoramic radiograph of Case 2.
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Radio-opaque structure was seen overlapping the crown of the left permanent canine tooth (Figure 6).
View of the lesion after flap was raised.
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Under local anaesthesia, odontoma was removed surgically (Figures 7, 8).
Removed odontoma.
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Under local anaesthesia, odontoma was removed surgically (Figures 7, 8).
View of the canine tooth two years after the operation.
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At the end of the 2-year follow-up visit, although the radiographic examination revealed that the left permanent canine's eruption level in the alveolar bone was higher than before in the following two years, it still was unerupted (Figure 9).