Open AccessCentral odontogenic fibroma of the mandible
Author(s) -
Vidhi Chhabra,
Anupriya Chhabra
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.96845
Subject(s) - enucleation , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , medicine , asymptomatic , maxilla , lesion , odontogenic , anatomy , pathology , surgery , biology , botany , genus
Central odontogenic fibroma (COF) is an extremely rare benign tumor that accounts for 0.1% of all odontogenic tumors. It appears as an asymptomatic expansion of the cortical plate of the mandible or maxilla. Radiologically it presents as a unilocular or multilocular radiolucency. It responds well to surgical enucleation with no tendency for recurrence. We describe a case of COF in mandibular right posterior region in a 16-year-old female. The lesion was surgically removed and analyzed histopathologically.