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Chapter-25 Swellings of the Jaw

BOOK TITLE: Textbook of Surgery for Dental Students

Author
1. Singh Virendra
ISBN
9789352702374
DOI
10.5005/jp/books/18043_26
Edition
2/e
Publishing Year
2018
Pages
15
Author Affiliations
Chapter keywords
Epulis, tooth germ, odontome, jaw tumor, osseous tumor, nonosseous tumor, inflammatory swelling, dental cyst, dentigerous cyst

Abstract

The swellings arising from the jaws can be categorized as swellings arising from mucoperiosteum (epulis), swellings arising from tooth germ (odontomes), swellings caused by jaw tumors (osseous and nonosseous tumors), and inflammatory swellings. Epulis is a solid swelling situated on the gum arising from alveolar margin of the jaw. It can be fibrous epulis, granulomatous epulis, pregnancy epulis, giant cell epulis, and carcinomatous epulis. Odontomes are developmental anomalies of teeth arising from epithelial or mesothelial elements. The common varieties of odontomes are dental cyst, dentigerous cyst, adamantinoma, odontogenic keratocyst, mesothelial odontomes, etc. Jaws can be affected by any bone tumor. However, there are certain tumors which occur more often in the jaws. Inflammatory swellings and clinical examination of the jaws are discussed in this chapter.

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