Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia
A 45-year-old female patient presented to our department with a chief complaint of pain in the left molar region of the mandible for 1 month. The patient was otherwise healthy, and her physical examination showed no significant abnormality. Intraoral examination revealed a carious left mandibular first permanent molar and a missing second permanent molar which was extracted due to caries 2 years ago.\nIntraoral periapical radiograph showed well-defined irregularly shaped sclerotic masses corresponding to the roots of first and second permanent molar teeth of left mandible []. Orthopantomogram showed multiple well-defined sclerotic masses with radiolucent border in both right and left molar region of the mandible []. These sclerotic masses were surrounded by a thin radiolucent border and appeared to be unattached to the root apices. All teeth were vital. The results of routine hemogram and serum alkaline phosphatase were within normal limits. Biopsy was not done as the case was diagnosed as FCOD on the basis of characteristic clinico-radiological features.