In contrast to most previous studies (Anne et al., 2014; Pinheiro, Freitas, Moretti, Jorge, & Jaeger, 2004; Ribeiro et al., 2009; Souza Freitas et al., 2009; Yang et al., 2018), none of our ameloblastomas expressed MMP‐7 or ‐9. The gene discussed is MMP7; the disease is ameloblastoma.