DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2017.v05i12.005

Pages: 827-830

Osteoma is a benign osteogenic tumor arising from the proliferation of cancellous, compact bone or their combination. It can be of a central, peripheral, or extraskeletal type. The peripheral type arises from the periosteum and is rarely seen in the mandible. The etiology of this lesion is still unknown; some investigators thought that it may be a true neoplasm or a developmental anomaly. Clinically, peripheral osteomas arefrequently asymptomatic, discovered during routine radiograph incidence. Hence, surgery is generally not required.