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Radiopaque Lesion - Coggle Diagram
Radiopaque Lesion
Neoplasms and Tumors
Cementoblastoma
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Characteristics: when viewed radiographically, the calcified mass has a radiolucent halo around the outer perimeter, which is the PDL space. Since the calcified mass engulfs the root of the tooth, it is visible on the radiograph.
Dental Implications: only symptoms of pain. the clinician will be required to categorize the characteristics of the lesion involved, including the stage of development, the vitality of the tooth, and the factors that would indicate that the lesion is a cementoblastoma.
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Treatment and Prognosis: removal of the tooth is usually the protocol that is taken. This growth potential makes removal necessary even though the tooth tests vital. The prognosis is excellent, without usual recurrence if the mass is totally removed. Reports have shown a potential for recurrence because of poor removal.
Odontoma
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Characteristics: they are usually asymptomatic and discovered on a routine dental radiograph. Usually appears on a radiograph as a calcified mass and sometimes may exhibit some radiolucent properties including a radiolucent rim around the structure, depending upon the stage of development.
Dental Implications: may impinge on teeth, causing a failure to erupt, and may also grow in size, causing facial asymmetry.
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Treatment and Prognosis: excision is the treatment of choice. Prognosis is excellent without incidence of recurrence.
Osteoma
Etiology: unknown. Trauma, infections, and developmental defects have been suggested as possible causes.
Characteristics: some swelling might be noticed extra orally. the patient may report noticing this for years before the actual diagnosis. May appear radiographically as a dense opaque growth on the bone.
Dental Implications: the presence of osteomas and odontomas may indicate Gardner syndrome and thus the need for further tests.
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Treatment and Prognosis: observation is the protocol for very small osteomas, with careful monitoring in some cases and surgery for the larger, more extensive, lesions. prognosis is excellent when the lesion is removed, and recurrence is usually not a problem.
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