Abstract

Odontogenic tumours are a group of heterogeneous lesions of varying clinical and histopathological features ranging from benign to malignant. These tumours arise from the various tooth forming cells Tumours of oral cavity can be seen in both maxilla and mandible. Although the rates with which mandible is involved is much higher than maxilla. There is a striking difference between the occurreSSnce of tumours in both jaws, even though the origin of both maxilla and mandible is same.