下顎骨에 發生한 骨腫의 治驗例

A CASE REPORT OF OSTEOMA ON MANDIBLE

The osteoma is a benign tumor Characterized by proliferation of compact or cancellous bone usually in an endosteal or periosteal location and generally classified as osteoma durum or osteoma spongiosum. It is not a common lesion in oral carity, but if appeares it growing slowly without symptom, attached in bony surface with pedicle or within the bone at any age especially in young adult. As increasing the size there may be swallowing and phonetic difficulties, pressure sensation on that area and facial asymmetry. This is the report of a case of osteoma on mandible, about small egg size (4×3×3cm.) of 24 year old male soldier who had been admitted to our oral surgeny dept. and we obtained good results after sungical excision.