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.
A 28-year-old female patient reported to the department with the chief complaint of swelling in the lower left back tooth region for the last three months. On extraoral examination, there was a swelling approximately of the size 4 cm × 4 cm extending from left commissure of lip to the posterior border of ramus of mandible and from ala-tragus line to 1 cm below the lower border of mandible. On intraoral examination there was bony expansion in buccal and lingual cortical plate and perforation of lingual cortical plate. Incisional biopsy was done. It revealed follicular type of ameloblastoma. Segmental resection with disarticulation of the left mandible was done followed by reconstruction with rib graft using reconstruction plate. A regular follow-up is being done. There is no sign of recurrence.