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Volume 12 Issue 4 ( October-December ) 2023

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Bony hard swelling in mandible – osteoma – A systematic review
Harepriya Meganathan Karthikeyini, Karthik Shunmugavelu, Evangeline Cynthia Dhinakaran

Introduction: Rarity in region of oral and maxillofacial perspective accounts to osteomas. Bone of well differentiated nature in conjunction with benign and asymptomatic condition target osteoma, a neoplasm. Varieties are that of extra skeletal, periphery and central. Oral and maxillofacial region exhibit central and peripheral osteoma. Main sites of predilection in case of peripheral types are maxillary, ethmoid and frontal. Materials and methods: A detailed literature search was done pertaining to mandibular osteoma patients. Inclusion criteria include various studies done on the above based topics. Results: Grand total of 200 cases were identified from 100 papers published in English language literature. Of these 100, 59 were filtered narrowing down to 41 fully downloaded studies pertaining to the topic. Conclusion: Perspective from an oral maxillofacial physician, oral maxillofacial radiologist, oral maxillofacial pathologist and oral maxillofacial surgeon should be done in an exceptional way in patients with mandibular osteoma in order to achieve long-term success.

 
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