Cementoma (periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia) 1st stage

Features

  • Apices of several lower incisors
  • Middle aged adults (typically black women).
  • Round, monolocular, often multiple.
  • Adjacent teeth: typically vital, not displaced, not resorbed. The periapical ligament space is intact.

Differential diagnosis

Cases

 

Case 1

Several cases of cementoma (1st stage).


Case 2

Cementoma three stages: 1st (radiolucent) – 2nd (mixed) – 3rd (radiopaque).