Gingival peripheral odontoma in a child: case report of an uncommon lesion

• Main Authors: Vanessa de Fátima Bernardes (Author), Luis Otávio de Miranda Cota (Author), Fernando de Oliveira Costa (Author), Ricardo Alves Mesquita (Author), Ricardo Santiago Gomez (Author), Maria Cássia Ferreira Aguiar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Odontoma in an extraosseous location represents a challenge for diagnosis. This article reports a case of peripheral odontoma and its clinical presentation, histological evaluation and treatment. A 12-year-old boy reported a firm asymptomatic gingival mass in the anterior maxilla with two years of e...