Varieties of new growth found affecting the maxillary bones

VARIETIES OF NEW GROWTH FOUND AFFECTING THE MAXILLARY BONES

  • Dentigerous cysts: they persists without much inconvenience but occasionally suppurate leading to necrosis.
  • Fibromata: seen mostly in the alveolar borders. Undergo calcification/ossification.
  • Chondromata: hard sub periosteal tumors.
  • Sarcomata: developing in the substance of bone/ beneath periosteum
  • Carcinoma: More common than sarcomata in horse

Treatment

  • Benign tumors , small and circumscribed - extirpation can be performed .
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