Pericoronal occurrence of cemento-ossifying fibroma: an unexemplified and unusual case report with review of literature.
The Cemento-ossifying fibroma (COF) is an odontogenic neoplasm that is predominantly considered as a fibro osseous lesion of the jaw bone. The histogenetic origin of COF was thought to be derived from the periodontal cells, which have the ability to form fibrous, cementum and osseous tissue. Due to the periodontal cellular origin, the lesion often occurs in the radicular portion of the bicuspid and molar tooth region of the lower jaw. We present a case of Cemento-ossifying fibroma in a 43-year-old female in the pericoronal aspect of an impacted third molar mimicking an odontogenic lesion. The occurrence of COF in pericoronal region is an unusual site. This article also discusses about the various hamartomatous lesions occurring in the pericoronal region of the teeth.
Reader, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Farooqia Dental College and Hospital, (RGUHS) Mysore , Karnataka, India .
Kumaraswamy
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K L
Oral and Maxillofacial Pathologist and Microbiologist, Lecturer and Research Coordinator - Dentistry Programme, Faculty of Medical Sciences, The University of the West Indies , Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica, West Indies .
Arvind Babu
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Reader, Department of Periodontics, Farooqia Dental College and Hospital, (RGUHS) Mysore , Karnataka, India .
Sheshadri
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Senior Lecturer, Dept of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Farooqia Dental College and Hospital , Mysore, Karnataka, India .
Santhosh
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Kumaran
Cemento-ossifying fibroma; Multiple calcifying hyperplastic dental follicles; Pericoronal hamartomas