A Radiographic Study of Odontoma

치아종의 방사선학적 연구

The purpose of this study was to obtain information on the clinical and radiographic features of the odontomas in the jaws. For this study, the authors examined and analyzed the clinical records and radiographs of 119 patients who had lesion of odontoma diagnosed by clinical and radiographic examinations, The obtained results were as follows: 1. Odontoma occurred the most frequently in the 2nd decade(45.4％) and occurred more frequently III males (60.5％) than in females(39.5％). 2. The most common clinical symptom was the delayed eruption of the teeth(34.2％). 3. The type of lesions was mainly observed as compound odontoma(80.8％), and internal pattern of the complex odontoma was unevenly radiopaque(73.9％). 4. The compound odontoma frequently occurred in anterior portion of the maxilla(57.7％) and mandible(30,9％), and complex odontoma frequently occurred in anterior portion of maxilla(34.8％) and posterior portion of mandible(30.5％). 5. The effects on adjacent teeth were impaction of teeth(71.7％) and prolonged retention of deciduous teeth (31.7％), 6. The impaction of the teeth occurred in anterior portion of maxilla (44.2％) and mandible ( 19.2％), but root resorption of the adjacent teeth were not seen, 7. The boundary to adjacent structure was well-defined, the lesions appear as radiopaque mass with radiolucent rim.