title: Peripheral adenomatoid odontogenic tumor: birth of a term.
abstract: The terminology of adenomatoid odontogenic tumor had been reviewed and the different names for this lesion used over the course of time have been listed. A case of peripheral adenomatoid odontogenic tumor which occurred on the gingiva of the right maxillary central incisor of a 4-year-old girl is reported.
authors.affiliation: Oral Pathology, School of Dental Medicine, Ege University, Turkey.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Unal
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cetingul
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gunbay
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008437:Maxilla; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000145:classification* / Q000473:pathology*; D009626:Terminology as Topic