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- * A 28-year-old woman was found to have an unusual ringlike radiopaque appearance on a panoramic x-ray of her lower right third molar.
- * Following an alveotomy, histopathological analysis confirmed the presence of a dilated odontome in both the inner and surrounding soft tissue.
Article Abstract
The dilated odontome is the most severe form of the dens invaginatus (dens in dente), which is extremely rare in the mandible, especially in the molar region. A case is reported in a 28-year-old female with an unusual ringlike radiopaque appearance of the mandibular third right molar on panoramic x-ray. CT scan findings were suggestive that the intraosseous circular radiopaque formation was a dilated odontome. The alveotomy of the "tooth" was performed, and histopathological analysis of the inner and surrounding soft tissue revealed a diagnosis consistent with a dilated odontome.
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