Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor is completely benign. The lesions occasionally produce calcified matrix, and therefore may have either a radiolucent or a mixed radiographic presentation. There is a definite predilection for the anterior maxilla, particularly impacted cuspid teeth, and there is a female predilection. The usual radiographic presentation is a solitary unilocular radiolucent lesion. Microscopic features are characteristically a proliferation of spindle shaped cells with scattered duct-like structures.
Some lesions show microcalicifications.
Adenomatoid odontogenic tumor rarely recurs following enucleation.