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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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| Issue : 6 | Page : 44-47 |
Cemento-ossifying fibroma of maxillary antrum in a young female patient
A Singhal1, R Ram2, P Singhal3, S Bhatnagar4, UM Das5
1 Department of Oral Pathology and Microbiology, HP Government Dental College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
2 Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, HP Government Dental College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
3 Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, HP Government Dental College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
4 Jodhpur Dental College General Hospital, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
5 Former Dean, VS Dental College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Correspondence Address:
P Singhal
Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, HP Government Dental College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-4388.90740
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. The cemento-ossifying fibroma is a central neoplasm of bone as well as periodontium which has caused considerable controversy because of controversy regarding terminology and the criteria for its diagnosis. This case report describes a female patient with cemento-ossifying fibroma involving maxillary antrum. The clinical, radiographic and histological features as well as the surgical findings are presented.
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