title: Ameloblastic fibrodentinoma: report of a rare case.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This is to report a rare case of ameloblastic fibrodentinoma (AFD), including detailed history, histopathologic as well as radiographic findings. Her condition, a mixed odontogenic tumor, has rarely been reported in publications. We also included the gist of theories put forward regarding the histogenesis of this lesion.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  AFD is a rare and controversial entity; it boasts a variety of classifications and terminology based on its unique biological nature as well as histopathological features.
  
  
  METHODS
  The patient was a 13-year-old girl with a chief complaint of central unerupted tooth on the left mandible. Cone beam computed tomographic images revealed a mixed pericoronal and multilocular lesion surrounding the crown of the aforementioned tooth, displacing it apically to a large extent.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to differentiate AFD from other benign mixed odontogenic tumors with similar radiographic appearance because of different therapeutic approaches in some of these tumors.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  From the clinical point of view, it is of paramount significance for dental practitioners to assess any delayed tooth eruption (more than 6 months and in comparison with its counterpart on the opposite side) radiographically to ascertain or rule out any such similar lesions.
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Dental Research Center, School of Dentistry, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
authors.forename: Jahanshah
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salehinejad
authors.forename: Adineh Javadian
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Langaroodi
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shahakbari
authors.forename: Neda
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yazdani
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D054893:Cone-Beam Computed Tomography / Q000379:methods; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018333:Odontogenic Cyst, Calcifying / Q000175:diagnosis; D009808:Odontogenic Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging