CategoriesPeriapical Periapical Cemento-Osseous Dysplasia 3rd stage Tori and exostoses Condensing osteitis Cemento-Ossifying Fibroma (3rd stage) Hypercementosis Cementoblastoma Foreign body (periapical) Focal Idiopathic osteosclerosis (dense bone island) Osteoma and exostoses Fibrous dysplasia (radiopacity) Odontoma (radiopacity) Soft tissue calcifications Foreign bodies (focal) Root remnants Socket sclerosis Multiple & generalized Multiple impacted teeth Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia (radiopacity) Foreign bodies (multiple) Sclerosing Osteomyelitis Paget’s disease (stage 3) Soft tissue calcifications Osteogenesis imperfecta Osteopetrosis Root remnants . Root remnants remaining in the alveolar bone following attempted extraction. The presence of periodontal ligament and lamina dura are essential for the diagnosis. Differential Diagnosis Idiopathic osteosclerosis (dense bone island) Odontoma (radiopacity) Osteoma and exostoses Soft tissue calcifications Condensing osteitis Case 1 Examples of root remnants. Case 2 Root remnants of primary molars
