A CASE REPORT: AMELOBLASTOMA OF THE MANDIBLE

Abstract

Ameloblastoma is the most common benign odontogenic tumour of the jaws that constitutes about 1% of all cysts and tumours of the jaws.¹ It is generally a painless, slow growing, locally aggressive tumour causing expansion of the cortical bone, perforation of the lingual or the buccal cortical plate and infiltration of the soft tissues. It has peak incidence in third and fourth decade of life but rare in children age group with equal gender predilection (1:1).²  The relative frequency of mandible to maxilla is reported to be varying from 80–20% to 99–1%. In the mandible majority of ameloblastomas are found in the molar ramus region.