Peripheral cemento-ossifying fibroma in a child: a case report

J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2007 Fall;32(1):57-9. doi: 10.17796/jcpd.32.1.4g15548xk5703347.

Abstract

Peripheral cemento-ossifying fibroma is a gingival lesion of reactive nature and unknown etiology. Such a lesion can either interfere with normal tooth eruption or become a factor in plaque development, which usually results in caries formation in newly erupted teeth. Therefore, the objective of the present article was to report a case of peripheral cemento ossifying fibroma occurring in the mandibular posterior region of a 11-year-old girl in association with both absence of premolar eruption and presence of severely caried first permanent molar.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cementoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Cementoma / pathology*
  • Cementoma / surgery
  • Child
  • Female
  • Fibroma, Ossifying / diagnostic imaging
  • Fibroma, Ossifying / pathology*
  • Fibroma, Ossifying / surgery
  • Gingival Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Gingival Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Gingival Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Mandibular Neoplasms / surgery
  • Radiography
  • Treatment Outcome