CASE REPORTS   

Minerva Stomatologica 2011 January-February;60(1-2):57-63

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language: English

A case of ameloblastic fibroma treated with surgery and orthodontic therapy

Grecchi F. ¹, Zollino I. ², Lucchese A. ², Bianco R. ¹, Brunelli G. ², Carinci F. ² ✉

¹ Maxillofacial Surgery, Galeazzi Hospital, Milan, Italy; ² Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

Ameloblastic fibroma (AF) of the jaw is a rare, benign, mixed odontogenic tumour of ecto-mesenchymal odontogenic origin. The name of AF indicates a non-aggressive behaviour. However, a large series of AF revealed that its recurrent rate at 10 years after operation is approximately 70%. Here we report a case of AF in the mandible of a 12-year-old girl treated with a conservative enucleation. Because of the impossibility to align the teeth, an orthodontic treatment was then done. No complication was recorded in the post-operative period and no further surgery was performed. The complete mandibular resolution after 10-year-follow-up, together with the rarity of the pathology, makes this case worthy of description because a correct diagnosis and a proper therapy led this lesion removable with a conservative method.