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Neoplasia is an abnormality of
1. Cellular Differentiation
2. Maturation
3. Control of growth
Fundamental to the origin of all neoplasms is loss of
responsiveness to normal growth controls.
Choristoma: These are tumor like lesions that contains tissues that
are not normally present in its site of origin e.g.. Tooth in the
ovary or disorderly mass of smooth muscle and pancreatic acini
in the stomach wall.
Classification of Odontogenic Tumors: WHO – Krammer et al
Benign Tumors
1. Odontogenic epithelium with mature, fibrous stroma without odontogenic
ectomesenchyme \
Odontogenic fibroma
Odontogenic myxoma/myxofibroma
Cementoblastoma
Classification of Odontogenic Tumors: WHO 2005– Philipsen
and Reichart - IARC
Malignant Tumors
1. Odontogenic Carcinomas:
-Malignant Ameloblastoma
- Primary Intraosseus Carcinoma
- Malignant variants of other odontogenic epithelial tumors
- Malignant changes in odontogenic cysts
2. Odontogenic Sarcomas :
- Ameloblastic fibrosarcoma (Ameloblastic sarcoma)
- Ameloblastic fibrodentinsarcoma and ameloblastic fibro-odontosarcoma
- Odontogenic carcinosarcoma
Ameloblastoma : Definition
1.Ameloblastoma in situ