Background:

Odontomas are mixed benign odontogenic entities, composed of a mixture of odontogenic epithelial and differentiated mesenchymal cells, they can be compound and complex. Radiographic findings of these tumors in supernumerary positions are rare, less than 1%.

Objective:

To describe the clinical case of a non-frequent complex odontoma.

Case report:

18-year-old female patient with facial trauma, during the imaging diagnosis it was found an anterosuperior tumor image in supernumerary position, thus decided to perform the surgical excision of the lesion after the trauma treatment. The histopathological clinical diagnosis was a complex odontoma.

Conclusions:

It is recommended to perform standard panoramic radiograph imaging for each patient to be operated on oral surgery to detect any early anatomy alteration, so this way to study both, the behavior of odontomas as well as other intraosseous lesions, which can guarantee an early treatment and a better prognosis for the patient.

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