Open AccessCemento-ossifying fibroma
Author(s) -
Rangila Ram,
Anita Sejben,
Parul Singhal
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
contemporary clinical dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.289
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0976-237X
pISSN - 0976-2361
DOI - 10.4103/0976-237x.94553
Subject(s) - confusion , medicine , fibroma , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , periodontium , lesion , radiography , deformity , anatomy , dentistry , radiology , surgery , biology , psychology , botany , psychoanalysis , genus
The cemento-ossifying fibroma is classified as a fibro-osseous lesion of the jaws. It commonly presents as a progressively growing lesion that can attain an enormous size with resultant deformity if left untreated. A case of cemento-ossifying fibroma involving the left mandible is described in a 35 year old female patient. The clinical, radiographic and histological features as well as surgical findings are presented. The cemento-ossifying fibroma is a central neoplasm of bone as well as the periodontium which has caused considerable controversy because of the confusion regarding terminology and the criteria for its diagnosis.