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case_images: Cone-beam computed tomography showing radiopaque calcified structures with irregular margins characterized by a tooth-like configuration enclosed in radiolucent peripheral borders. The entire lesion measures approximately 12 x 15 x 19 mm.
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case_images: Second-level radiological investigation was performed by means of the cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) scan, which confirmed the presence of an irregular radiopaque mass located by the roots of the primary molars (Figure 1).
case_images: Intraoral clinical photograph of the surgical access showing the residual bone cavity after removal of the odontoma, with preservation of the adjacent maxillary sinus walls.
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case_images: The odontoma was accessed by removing the thin overlying cortical layer with a round bur mounted on a straight surgical handpiece under copious irrigation of sterile saline (Figure 2).
case_images: Clinical view of the compound odontoma surgically removed in multiple mineralized pieces resembling tooth structures.
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case_images: Low-power magnification of a resected specimen showing dental tissue, dentin, cement, and nonmineralized oral tissue composed of connective tissue typical of dental pulp, partially surrounded by a connective fibrous tissue capsule (hematoxylin and eosin staining; original magnification: x10).
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case_images: The histopathological report provided by the Department of Anatomic Pathology confirmed the diagnosis of compound odontoma (Figure 4).