Leave alone lesions - maxillodental

Maxillodental leave alone lesions are usually incidental findings that do not require treatment nor follow-up if the patient is asymptomatic.

This article includes findings from orthopantomogram, cone-beam CT, and sinus CT studies.

Do not touch:

• benign lesions
  • tooth ankylosis
  • hypercementosis
  • Stafne cyst
  • mandibular condylar hyperplasia
  • mandibular coronoid process hyperplasia
  • unicameral bone cyst - follow up is required
  • enostosis
  • maxillary tori
  • mandibular tori
• benign neoplastic lesions
  • focal osseous dysplasia of the jaw ¹
  • florid cemento-osseous dysplasia: follow-up is required ²
  • compound odontoma ³
• post-dental treatment
  • extrusion of endodontic filling material ⁴
• anatomical variants
  • dens invaginatus or dens in dente ⁵
  • siamese tooth
  • ectopic teeth