title: Focal cemento-osseous dysplasia: review and a case report.
abstract: Focal cemento-osseous dysplasia is a benign fibro-osseous condition that can be seen in dentate and edentulous patients. It is an asymptomatic lesion and needs no treatment; however follow-up is essential due to the possibility that focal cemento-osseous dysplasia can progress to a condition called florid osseous dysplasia that involves multiple sites. A case report is presented here, along with a review of the differential diagnoses considered in order to reach a final diagnosis of focal cemento-osseous dysplasia.
authors.affiliation: Restorative Department, University of Western Cape, South Africa.
authors.forename: Y M Y
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Salem
authors.forename: Y I
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: E J G
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Norval
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000539:Alveolar Process / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002485:Cementoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000175:diagnosis; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008441:Maxillary Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010000:Osteitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D010016:Osteoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D010026:Osteosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D016300:Radiography, Bitewing; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic