Ameloblastic fibroma of the anterior maxilla presenting as a complication of tooth eruption: a case report.
Ameloblastic fibroma is a rare mixed odontogenic tumour, which is extremely uncommon in the anterior maxillary region. A case report is presented where failure of eruption of an upper central incisor was the presenting feature.
McGuinness
N J
NJ
Department of Orthodontics, Merlin Park Hospital, Galway, Ireland. niall.mcguinness@bsi.ie
Faughnan
T
T
Bennani
F
F
Connolly
C E
CE
D002648:Child; D003803:Dentigerous Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D008439:Maxillary Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014095:Tooth, Impacted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000175:diagnosis*