Veterinary Dictionary:
odontoma
A non-neoplastic malformation, a hamartoma, consisting of a mixture of enamel, dentine and cementum.
- ameloblastic o. — contains true neoplastic ameloblastic tissue. See ameloblastic odontoma.
- complex o. — all the dental tissues are represented but not in an organized form.
- composite o. — one consisting of both enamel and dentine in an abnormal pattern.
- compound o. — all the dental tissues are present and organized into denticles, tooth-like structures.
- radicular o. — one associated with a tooth root, or formed when the root was developing.
- temporal o. — most commonly in the mastoid process of the petrous temporal bone manifested as a discharging sinus at the base of the ear. Is a dentigerous cyst.
