A 25-year-old male patient reported to the department with the chief complaint of swelling in the lower left back tooth region for the last year. On extraoral examination we could palpate a swelling approximately of the size 6 cm × 3 cm extending from the commissure of lip to the posterior border of the mandible. On intraoral palpation there was expansion of buccal and lingual cortical plates and perforation of lingual cortical plates. Incisional biopsy was done. It revealed plexiform ameloblastoma. The patient was operated on under GA. Segmental resection with disarticulation of the left mandible was done followed by reconstruction with microvascular fibula free flap using reconstruction plate. A regular follow-up is being done. There is no sign of recurrence.
A 60-year-old male patient reported to the department of OMFS, Raja Rajeswari Dental college, Bangalore, with the chief complaint of swelling on left middle third of face for the past four months. On extraoral examination a diffuse swelling measuring approximately 5 × 4 cm was felt which extended from ala of nose to the tragus of ear and infraorbital margin to below the commissure of lip. On intraoral examination a bony hard swelling was present extending from midline to 1st premolar region and cervical margin to the nasal floor. Incisional biopsy was done. It revealed follicular type of ameloblastoma. Partial maxillectomy was done under general anaesthesia (). A regular follow-up is being done. There is no sign of recurrence.