title: Focal cemento-osseous dysplasia of mandible.
abstract: Fibro-osseous lesions are disturbances in bone metabolism in which normal bone is replaced by a connective tissue matrix that then gradually develops into cemento-osseous tissue. Typically, the lesion is asymptomatic and is detected on routine radiographic examination. Radiologically, this lesion has three stages of maturation: pure radiolucent, radiopaque/mixed radiolucent, and radiopaque appearance. During these stages the lesion can be misdiagnosed. In this case report a 69-year- old patient with a a complaint of painless swelling of the left mandibular molar and premolar area is presented along with a review of the differential diagnoses considered in order to reach a final diagnosis of focal cemento-osseous dysplasia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Surgery, Faculty of Dentistry, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. cankaya@istanbul.edu.tr
authors.forename: Abdülkadir Burak
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Cankaya
authors.forename: Mehmet Ali
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Erdem
authors.forename: Vakur
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Olgac
authors.forename: Deniz Refia
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Firat
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D002485:Cementoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008963:Molar / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology