As you can see, they removed this tumor, which did affect the growth of his regular teeth and is called a compound odontoma. An odontoma is a non-cancerous tumor that is a type of dental hamartoma.

A rare case of an erupted compound odontoma associated with a malformed and dilacerated maxillary left lateral incisor is reported. The patient, a 15-year-old immigrant Sudanese boy, had a ...

The United States' National Center for Biotechnology Information defines complex odontoma "as an agglomerate of all the dental tissues that are characterized by normal histodifferentiation but ...

Researchers from the University of Washington have discovered the earliest evidence of a compound odontoma, a benign tumor in the gums.

An extinct mammal relative harbored a benign tumor made up of miniature, tooth-like structures, paleontologists report. The tumor, a compound odontoma, is common to mammals today. But this animal ...

This condition was deemed by doctors as “compound composite odontoma” and, fortunately, all of Ravindran’s “normal” teeth were able to be salvaged in the surgery process, the Post reports.