Question 168 · LDEK · Benign tumors
Indicate the true statements concerning composite odontoma (OCp):
1) it is the most common odontogenic tumor;
2) common location of an OCp between the root of the deciduous tooth and the crown of the germ, is the cause of the impaction of the latter;
3) odontoids are small, residual “teeth”, which constitute the non-encapsulated lesion of OCp;
4) treatment of choice is the enucleation of the tumor with subsequent extraction of the impacted tooth;
5) OCp does not show sex predilection and in 75% of cases is discovered before 20 years of age.
The correct answer is:
2) common location of an OCp between the root of the deciduous tooth and the crown of the germ, is the cause of the impaction of the latter;
3) odontoids are small, residual “teeth”, which constitute the non-encapsulated lesion of OCp;
4) treatment of choice is the enucleation of the tumor with subsequent extraction of the impacted tooth;
5) OCp does not show sex predilection and in 75% of cases is discovered before 20 years of age.
The correct answer is:
- A. 1,2,3.
- B. 1,4,5.
- C. 2,4,5.
- D. 2,5.
- E. 2,4.
Hint
Remember that odontomas are hamartomas, are surrounded by a capsule, and that the impacted tooth they block is usually worth saving.
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