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cementoblastoma

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cementoblastoma /ce·men·to·blas·to·ma/ (sĕ-men″to-blas-to´mah) a rare, benign odontogenic fibroma arising from the cementum and presenting as a proliferating mass contiguous with a tooth root.
ce·men·to·blas·to·ma (s-mnt-bl-stm)
n.
A benign tumor in which cells are developing into cementoblasts and there is a small amount of cementum or cementumlike material at the tooth root.

cementoblastoma
[simen′tōblastō′mə] pl. cementoblastomas, cementoblastomata
Etymology: L, caementum + Gk, blastos, germ, oma, tumor
an odontogenic fibrous tumor consisting of cells developing into cementoblasts but containing only a small amount of calcified tissue.

cementoblastoma [se-men″to-blas-to´mah]
an odontogenic fibroma whose cells are developing into cementoblasts and in which there is only a small proportion of calcified tissue.

cementoblastoma
an odontogenic fibroma whose cells are developing into cementoblasts and in which there is only a small proportion of calcified tissue.


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The differential diagnosis includes fibrous dysplasia, osteoid osteoma, osteoblastoma, cementoblastoma, periapical or focal cementoosseous dysplasia, juvenile COF, chronic osteomyelitis, Garre's osteomyelitis, and psammomatoid ossifying fibroma.
 
 
 
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