Alisdey Torres

Kenva Smith
Thu Trihn

Our group came to the conclusion that the lesion is a cementoblastoma. We based our decision
on the fact that the root of the affected tooth is obliterated and that is a common side effect of
cementoblastoma. Also, this lesion may cause bone expansion which is the reason the
periapical radiograph was taken in the first place.
We did not think it was complex odontoma because there were no displaced teeth or impaction
of nearby molars. Periapical cemental dysplasia tends to have a predilection for women and
occur more often in the anterior mandible so because of these reasons we eliminated this
option. Osteoblastoma seemed unlikely because the mass does not adhere to the tooth, as is
seen in this case. Focal sclerosing osteomyelitis was our second choice but decided against it
because the radiographic features did not seem to fit too well with the radiographic features of
our case.