Pagotto LEC. Estudo clinicopatológico retrospectivo dos casos de tumores odontogênicos diagnosticados no Serviço de Patologia Cirúrgica da FOUSP no período de 1957 a 2012 [dissertation]. São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Odontologia; 2015. Versão Original. Odontogenic tumors are a complex group of lesions, varied clinical behavior and found exclusively in the oral and maxillofacial region. Originate from cells that would normally have the function of forming the tooth, a process called odontogenesis, which begins between the sixth and seventh weeks of intrauterine life. The aim of this study was a clinicopathological study of odontogenic tumors diagnosed in Surgical Pathology Service of Oodontologia of the University of São Paulo from 1957 to 2012 were compiled from surveys of request forms and / or records data on gender, age at diagnosis, skin color (white, black, or other), symptoms, lesion size, duration, anatomic location, radiographic findings, clinical and histopathological diagnosis. The cases diagnosed as odontogenic tumors were reviewed by a calibrated examiner, in order to reclassify injuries as current proposition of the World Health Organization in 2005. All data were entered and tabulated in Microsoft Office Excel 2013 and analyzed in software BioEstat 5.0. Central frequency and dispersion measurements were obtainedand the results presented in tables and graphs. In the statistical analysis, we used the Z test for similar proportions with 5% significance level. In the period of January 1, 1957 to December 31, 2012 were diagnosed 2,114 cases of odontogenic tumors. Of all diagnosed cases, 75 cases were removed from the analysis because they represented the same injury at different times. Therefore, 2,039 odontogenic tumors were included and, after review of the cases and diagnostic reclassification of odontogenic tumors, 2,039 cases were grouped into 16 different histological types, including 2 029 (99.51%) were benign and 10 (0, 49%) malignant. In general, the odontogenic tumors affect patients in the second and third decades of life, with no gender preference, are presented less than 1cm in diameter and are diagnosed on average two years after its inception. Most injuries involve the posterior mandible, except for the odontoma and adenomatoid odontogenic tumor, and feature radiolucent radiological findings nonspecific, which hinders accurate diagnosis without pathological assessment.