Mandibular Conventional Ameloblastoma in an Adolescent Associated with an Impacted Third Molar and Paramolar Tooth: A Case Report

Ayşenur Bakal; Onur Yılmaz; Ümit Çobanoğlu

doi:10.18678/dtfd.1867943

Mandibular Conventional Ameloblastoma in an Adolescent Associated with an Impacted Third Molar and Paramolar Tooth: A Case Report

Abstract

Ameloblastoma is a benign odontogenic neoplasm with locally aggressive behavior and radiographic features that may mimic odontogenic cystic lesions. This case report describes a conventional ameloblastoma in a 16-year-old male patient involving the right posterior mandible and associated with an impacted mandibular third molar and an accompanying paramolar tooth. The lesion exhibited clinical and radiographic features mimicking a dentigerous cyst. Panoramic radiography and cone-beam computed tomography revealed a well-defined expansile radiolucent lesion with cortical thinning, focal perforation, displacement of the impacted tooth, and inferior displacement of the mandibular canal. After incisional biopsy, histopathological examination confirmed conventional ameloblastoma, plexiform subtype. Conservative treatment was performed using decompression with an acrylic obturator. During the three-year clinical and radiographic follow-up, substantial bone regeneration was observed, and no recurrence was detected. This case highlights the need to consider conventional ameloblastoma in the differential diagnosis of cyst-like lesions associated with impacted teeth in young patients.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Pathology, Diagnostic Radiography

Journal Section

Case Report

Authors

Ayşenur Bakal ^*
0009-0006-3257-7607
Türkiye

Onur Yılmaz
0000-0002-0460-7649
Türkiye

Ümit Çobanoğlu
0000-0001-6429-427X
Türkiye

Publication Date

August 21, 2026

Submission Date

January 20, 2026

Acceptance Date

July 25, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 28 Number: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18678/dtfd.1867943

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https://izlik.org/JA98MR83KW

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Bakal, A., Yılmaz, O., & Çobanoğlu, Ü. (2026). Mandibular Conventional Ameloblastoma in an Adolescent Associated with an Impacted Third Molar and Paramolar Tooth: A Case Report. Duzce Medical Journal, 28(2), 236-241. https://doi.org/10.18678/dtfd.1867943

AMA

1.Bakal A, Yılmaz O, Çobanoğlu Ü. Mandibular Conventional Ameloblastoma in an Adolescent Associated with an Impacted Third Molar and Paramolar Tooth: A Case Report. Duzce Med J. 2026;28(2):236-241. doi:10.18678/dtfd.1867943

Chicago

Bakal, Ayşenur, Onur Yılmaz, and Ümit Çobanoğlu. 2026. “Mandibular Conventional Ameloblastoma in an Adolescent Associated With an Impacted Third Molar and Paramolar Tooth: A Case Report”. Duzce Medical Journal 28 (2): 236-41. https://doi.org/10.18678/dtfd.1867943.

EndNote

Bakal A, Yılmaz O, Çobanoğlu Ü (August 1, 2026) Mandibular Conventional Ameloblastoma in an Adolescent Associated with an Impacted Third Molar and Paramolar Tooth: A Case Report. Duzce Medical Journal 28 2 236–241.

IEEE

[1]A. Bakal, O. Yılmaz, and Ü. Çobanoğlu, “Mandibular Conventional Ameloblastoma in an Adolescent Associated with an Impacted Third Molar and Paramolar Tooth: A Case Report”, Duzce Med J, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 236–241, Aug. 2026, doi: 10.18678/dtfd.1867943.

ISNAD

Bakal, Ayşenur - Yılmaz, Onur - Çobanoğlu, Ümit. “Mandibular Conventional Ameloblastoma in an Adolescent Associated With an Impacted Third Molar and Paramolar Tooth: A Case Report”. Duzce Medical Journal 28/2 (August 1, 2026): 236-241. https://doi.org/10.18678/dtfd.1867943.

JAMA

1.Bakal A, Yılmaz O, Çobanoğlu Ü. Mandibular Conventional Ameloblastoma in an Adolescent Associated with an Impacted Third Molar and Paramolar Tooth: A Case Report. Duzce Med J. 2026;28:236–241.

MLA

Bakal, Ayşenur, et al. “Mandibular Conventional Ameloblastoma in an Adolescent Associated With an Impacted Third Molar and Paramolar Tooth: A Case Report”. Duzce Medical Journal, vol. 28, no. 2, Aug. 2026, pp. 236-41, doi:10.18678/dtfd.1867943.

Vancouver

1.Ayşenur Bakal, Onur Yılmaz, Ümit Çobanoğlu. Mandibular Conventional Ameloblastoma in an Adolescent Associated with an Impacted Third Molar and Paramolar Tooth: A Case Report. Duzce Med J. 2026 Aug. 1;28(2):236-41. doi:10.18678/dtfd.1867943