Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia: report of three symptomatic cases

ABSTRACT

Florid cemento-osseous dysplasia [FLCOD] is a fibroosseous lesion that affects the jaw of middle-aged women. This lesion occurs more frequently in Black and Asians. A familial trend has been reported for some cases. This lesion may be completely asymptomatic and in such cases the lesion is detected in the radiographs incidentally. Radiographic features include multiple radiopaque masses, usually located in three or four quadrants or can be extensive throughout one jaw. However, when they are present in only one jaw, the mandible is the more common location. In this paper we report three cases of FLCOD that had evidences of infection as the first presentation