Fortuitously Discovered: Compound odontoma- A Case Study

Many Development anomalies of the maxilla and mandible diagnosed incidentally on radiographs usually are asymptomatic, however the basis for evaluation being delayed eruption of teeth or impaction of permanent teeth. Odontomas are odontogenic benign tumors composed of dental tissue and usually thought of as “tooth hamartomas” with the lesion consisting of various tooth components. This paper describes the case report of a 12-year-old girl with an impacted central incisor and on the basis of clinical and radiological examination diagnosis of an odontoma is made.