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Dental Health (Expert Forum)
Anyone heard of Odontoma?
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Jerome Bogin, D.D.S. - Dental
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Anyone heard of Odontoma?
by jen76, Feb 07, 2007 12:00AM
My son is 7 years old. Since he was a baby there has been a large lump on his upper gum. At first, we thought it was a tooth growing in funny and then we thought it was a bone. As he grew older, the lump grew larger. Come to find out it is called an "odontoma". The dentist said that it is a mass of teeth,tissue,and bone fragments that have clustered together in his gum. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing and will they have to surgically remove it?
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by jen76, Feb 07, 2007 12:00AM
what is benign?
by kid_twist, Feb 07, 2007 12:00AM
Benign means its not cancer or anything...
