Annals and Essences of Dentistry
  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 4

Florid Osseous Dysplasia

  • Author:
  • Santosh Hunasgi1, Vandana Raghunath2
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 214 to 217

1Reader, Department of Oral Pathology, Navodaya Dental College & Hospital, Raichur -Karnataka

2Professor and Head, Department of Oral Pathology, Narayana Dental College & Hospital, Nellore -Andhra Pradesh

Abstract

Florid osseous dysplasia is a rare non-neoplastic and asymptomatic bone disorder involving the jaws. It is commonly seen in elderly females. Discovered on routine radiographic examination it manifests as radiopacities involving multiple quadrants. Microscopically, the lesion shows a fibroblastic proliferation along with irregular trabeculae of woven bone and cementum like material. Here with presenting two such interesting cases of this rare entity presenting in a family and associated with multiple impacted teeth.

Keywords

Florid osseous dysplasia, Gigantiformcementoma, Florid osseous dysplasia