title: Surgical management of an erupted complex odontoma occupying maxillary sinus.
abstract: The occurrence of complex odontomas is not considered to be rare in the jaws. But the occurence of large odontomas obscuring the maxillary sinus, or erupting into the oral cavity are considered to be rare. The prognosis is good with surgical excision and recurrence is nil. Most of the times the surgical site can be closed primarily, but sometimes requires local flaps to achieve tension free closure. Here, we report such a case treated by surgical excision trans orally followed soft tissue defect reconstruction with pedicled palatal island flap.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Subharti Dental College and Hospital, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: K V
authors.initials: KV
authors.lastname: Arunkumar
authors.lastname: Vijaykumar
authors.forename: Nitin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Garg
keywords: Complex odontoma; maxillary sinus; odontomas; palatal flap