title: Peripheral cemento-ossifying fibroma in a child: a case report.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: Mariana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Passos
authors.forename: Rebeca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Azevedo
authors.forename: Maria Eliza
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Janini
authors.forename: Lucianne Cople
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Maia
mesh_terms: D002485:Cementoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D016896:Treatment Outcome