Assessment of cases of ameloblastoma in different age groups- A clinicohistological study

Abstract

Background: Ameloblastoma is an odontogenic neoplasm, and accounts 11-13% of all odontogenic tumours. The current study was carried out to evaluate cases of ameloblastoma. Materials and Methods: The current study was carried out on 85 cases of ameloblastoma of both genders. Anatomical location and histopathological variant etc. was recorded. Results: Out of 85 cases, males were 55 and females were 30. Most common type seen was plexiform seen in 35 patients, followed by follicular and acanthomatous in 20 each, granular in 7, desmoplastic in 2 and basal in 1 patient. The difference obtained was statistically significant (p< 0.05). Conclusion: Authors found that maximum cases were of plexiform type and mandible was commonly involved bone. © 2020 Published by Innovative Publication. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)