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GALP:
-- None
-- Any age, usually 30-50 years
-- Posterior mandible
-- Most common of “aggressive”
odontogenic tumors
Ameloblastoma
Radiographic/Clinical Features
Multilocular (soap bubble)
radiolucency
-- May be unilocular
Well demarcated borders
Expands, thins cortex
Asymptomatic
Ameloblastoma
Radiographic Features
Peripheral ameloblastoma
-- Extraosseous ameloblastoma
Desmoplastic ameloblastoma
Ameloblastoma
Variants
Unicystic ameloblastoma
-- Intraluminal ameloblastoma
-- Mural ameloblastoma
Peripheral ameloblastoma
-- Extraosseous ameloblastoma
Desmoplastic ameloblastoma
Ameloblastic carcinoma
Malignant ameloblastoma
Unicystic Ameloblastoma
1% of all ameloblastomas
Same histology as internal ameloblastoma
Mass on gingiva
-- Sessile
-- Asymptomatic
Minimal growth potential
-- < 1 cm. diameter
May cup out underlying cortex
-- Saucerization