Biomaterial Database

Slowly enlarging pedunculated mass on the edentulous maxillary alveolar ridge. 1988

J R Moore, and G W DeBoom, and R W Correll

Veterans Administration Medical Center, Danville, IL.

Peripheral ossifying fibroma is a fairly common, benign, reactive lesion that should be included in the differential diagnosis of slow-growing, nonaggressive tumors arising in the tooth-bearing areas of the jaws. The variations in terms and descriptions may require that the clinician communicate with the pathologist to determine the true nature of the lesion. Although peripheral ossifying fibroma is a benign, reactive lesion, the recurrence rate is fairly high and postoperative follow-up is needed.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007575	Jaw, Edentulous	The total absence of teeth from either the mandible or the maxilla, but not both. Total absence of teeth from both is MOUTH, EDENTULOUS. Partial absence of teeth in either is JAW, EDENTULOUS, PARTIALLY.	Edentulous Jaw,Edentulous Jaws,Jaws, Edentulous
D008297	Male		Males
D008437	Maxilla	One of a pair of irregularly shaped bones that form the upper jaw. A maxillary bone provides tooth sockets for the superior teeth, forms part of the ORBIT, and contains the MAXILLARY SINUS.	Maxillae,Maxillary Bone,Bone, Maxillary,Bones, Maxillary,Maxillary Bones,Maxillas
D010016	Osteoma	A benign tumor composed of bone tissue or a hard tumor of bonelike structure developing on a bone (homoplastic osteoma) or on other structures (heteroplastic osteoma). (From Dorland, 27th ed)	Osteomas
D005350	Fibroma	A benign tumor of fibrous or fully developed connective tissue.	Fibromatosis,Fibromyxoma,Myxofibroma,Fibromas,Fibromatoses,Fibromyxomas,Myxofibromas
D005887	Gingival Neoplasms	New abnormal growth of tissue in the GINGIVA.	Epulis, Congenital,Congenital Epulides,Congenital Epulis,Epulides, Congenital,Neoplasms, Gingival,Gingival Neoplasm,Neoplasm, Gingival
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D000539	Alveolar Process	The thickest and spongiest part of the maxilla and mandible hollowed out into deep cavities for the teeth.	Alveolar Ridge,Alveolar Processes,Process, Alveolar,Processes, Alveolar,Ridge, Alveolar