title: An erupted compound odontoma.
abstract: Odontomas are familiar entities but their eruption into the oral cavity is an extraordinary occurrence, which may be associated with pain, infection, malocclusion, etc. Not many cases of erupted odontomas have been reported in the literature. This paper puts forth a case of erupting odontoma in an attempt to add to the list of reported cases of this unique pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Dental Studies and Technologies, Modinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Hitesh
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Vij
authors.forename: Ruchieka
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Vij
authors.forename: Ritika
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Malhotra
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009810:Odontoma / Q000473:pathology*
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