title: Cemento-ossifying fibroma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Although the neoplastic nature of intrabony cemento-ossifying fibromas is beyond dispute, controversy exists regarding the soft tissue counterpart. Peripheral cemento-ossifying fibroma has been referred to by a variety of terms depending on whether it is accepted as being a true odontogenic tumor or a reactive gingival overgrowth. The management of a patient with peripheral cemento-ossifying fibroma in the masticatory mucosa of the anterior region of the maxilla is presented. The differential diagnosis of reactive gingival overgrowths with and without calcification is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology and Oral Medicine, Box D26 Faculty of Dentistry, Medunsa 0204, South Africa. lfeller@medunsa.ac.za
authors.forename: Liviu
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Feller
authors.forename: Archie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Buskin
authors.forename: Erich J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Raubenheimer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002485:Cementoma / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000473:pathology*; D019214:Gingival Overgrowth / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa / Q000473:pathology; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local