
Giant ossifying fibroma of the mandible
Author(s) -
Ernesto Fernández
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
south sudan medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2309-4613
pISSN - 2309-4605
DOI - 10.4314/ssmj.v15i1.7
Subject(s) - medicine , mandible (arthropod mouthpart) , cementum , lesion , maxilla , mastication , anatomy , fibroma , dentistry , surgery , biology , botany , dentin , genus
Ossifying fibroma is classified as a benign bone tumour. It is often considered to be a type of fibro-osseous lesion. It can affect both the mandible and the maxilla, particularly the mandible. This bone tumour consists of highly cellular, fibrous tissue that contains varied amounts of bone or cementum resembling calcified tissue. This case report is of an unusual peripheral ossifying fibroma involving the left side of mandible in a 22-year-old female patient, who presented to the dental department with a painless hard swelling which impaired proper breathing and mastication. The lesion was treated by surgical resection.