ADENOMATOID DENTINOMA - REPORT OF 4 CASES OF AN UNUSUAL ODONTOGENIC LESION

Four cases of a rare odontogenic lesion are reported. In each of the 4 examples, the lesion manifested itself as a well-circumscribed uniloc ular radiolucency in the mandibular third molar region in an adult. Th e histopathologic features consisted of an encapsulated proliferation of odontogenic hard and soft tissues. The hard tissue component consis ted of dentin deposited in a peripheral ringlike configuration that en closed odontogenic epithelium resembling adenomatoid odontogenic tumor . Whether this process represents a neoplasm or an odontogenic hamarto ma is an unresolved question. Treatment in each case consisted of cure ttage, and no recurrences were observed.