Fig. 1

a Example of odontogenic fibromixoma in a young boy. b Six years old child from the ethnic group of Karimojong affected by ossyfing fibroma. The photo shows second surgical procedure’s results, due to a tumor recurrence. c The same six years old child presented in (b), after the third surgical procedure. d Again the same child, after six months from the third intervent. The tumor has recurred. e A woman affected by ameloblastoma before the third surgical procedure on the left side (First resection on 1998, the second on 2013, the third on September 2019). f The same patient captured only one month later the third surgical intervention, with a new tumor in the right side. Odontogenic tumors at Saint Mary’s hospital in 2018. g Number of odontogenic tumors in female patients. h Number of odontogenic tumors in male patients. i Scheme of arenavirus infection ways that may cause latent and persistent infection in the human’s oral cavity, causing odontogenic tumors