Mandible & maxilla
Benign odontogenic tumors
Cementoblastoma
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 October 2013
Last staff update: 9 November 2020
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Definition / general | Radiology description | Gross description | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Pernick N. Cementoblastoma. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/mandiblemaxillacementoblastoma.html. Accessed April 19th, 2024.
Definition / general
- Also called true cementoma, benign osteoblastoma
- Men and women less than 25 years old
- Benign, may stop growing as a heavily calcified jaw nodule, may recur if excised
Radiology description
- Dense homogenous mass continuous with tooth root
Gross description
- Large mass of cementum on root of mandibular premolar or molar
- Tooth viable
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Large cementicles (globules) fused to form a mass within proliferative fibrovascular stroma
- Trabeculae lined by plump osteoblasts
Microscopic (histologic) images
Contributed by Kelly Magliocca, D.D.S., M.P.H.
Cementoblastoma
