Ossifying Fibroma Misdiagnosed as Chronic Apical Periodontitis

Journal of Endodontics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 546-548

  Ramos Perez, Flávia Maria de Moraes ^a   Soares, Ulysses Nicida ^b   Silva Sousa, Yara Teresinha Corrêa ^a   da Cruz Perez, Danyel Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RIBEIRÃO PRETO   (Brazil)

^b Private Dental Clinic   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Misdiagnosis; ossifying fibroma; periapical lesions; persistent apical periodontitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANINE TOOTH; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MANDIBLE TUMOR; OSSIFYING FIBROMA; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; TOOTH PERIAPICAL DISEASE;

ADULT; CHRONIC PERIODONTITIS; CUSPID; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FIBROMA, OSSIFYING; HUMANS; MANDIBULAR NEOPLASMS; PERIAPICAL PERIODONTITIS;

EID: 76449094003     PISSN: 00992399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joen.2009.11.027     Document Type: Article

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