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• TITLE: Resorption of impacted teeth as a marker of squamous cell carcinoma infiltrating the mandible

  AUTHORS: Sathesh Balasundram, Nicolas Dulguerov, Donald Murray Walker, Colin Liew

  KEYWORDS: Squamous Cell Carcinoma; Invasion; Tooth Resorption

  JOURNAL NAME: Open Journal of Stomatology, Vol.3 No.1, March 18, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Theinvasionofthemandiblebyoralsquamouscellcarcinomahasbeenfirmlydemonstratedbyanatomicalandhistologicalstudies.Althoughsquamouscellcarcinomasmayinduceresorptionoftherootsofstandingteeth,therehavebeennoreportsofthemalsocausingresorptionofthecrownsofteeth. A73-year-oldpatientpresentedwithaninvadingbuccalsquamouscellcarcinoma. Radiologicalinvestigationsshowedtumourinvasionofthedentateregionoftheleftmandibleandresorptionofthecrownsofrightandleftmandibularimpactedthirdmolars. Thepatientunderwentaleftsegmentalmandibulectomyandhistopathologicalexaminationoftheresectedspecimenrevealedresorptionoftheenamelanddentineofanuneruptedimpactedthirdmolarcloselyassociatedwiththeinfiltratingtumour. Thusinfiltratingcarcinomasmayrarelycauseresorptionofthecrownsaswellastherootsofuneruptedteethandcanbeavaluablemarkeroftheextentofspreadofatumourfortheplanningofcompletesurgicalresection. Thesedentalchangesmustbedistinguishedradiologicallyfromidiopathicchangesinuneruptedteethintheabsenceofmalignancy.