title: Cementoblastoma: a case report in deciduous tooth.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The benign cementoblastoma is an odontogenic tumor originated from neoplastic cementoblasts, a rare lesion mainly associated to impacted and deciduous teeth. It affects mostly young people with an average age of 20 years old, and its preferred location is in the posterior region of the mandible; the lesion will present itself fused both radiologically and microscopically to a root of an erupted permanent tooth, and the anatomopathological diagnosis is obtained through the analysis of the piece sent together with the involved dental element.
  
  
  METHODS
  The present study presents a case of cementoblastoma in the mandible involving the second deciduous molar tooth and preventing the eruption of the premolar tooth in a girl aged 11 years old.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This report discusses relevant aspects concerning clinical, radiographic, and histopathological characteristics and treatments.
authors.affiliation: Fundecto and FOA, Araçatuba, Brazil. liramarcelam@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Lira Marcela
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Monti
authors.forename: Ana Mara Moraes
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Ana Maria Pires
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Soubhia
authors.forename: Waldyr Antonio
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Jorge
authors.forename: Marcos
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anichinno
authors.forename: Gustavo Lombardi Madeira
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Da Fonseca
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D003739:Dental Cementum / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery