Evaluation of Benign Fibro-Osseous Lesions of the Jaw: A Case Series with Cone Beam Computed Tomography Images

Fibro-osseous lesions (FOLs) of the jaws are a group of lesions characterized by the replacement of normal bone by fibrous tissue. In this study, four cases of FOLs with different characteristics will be evaluated with cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) images. Focal osseous dysplasia and florid osseous dysplasia were incidentally detected in patients and diagnosed based on clinical and radiographic features. In cases of fibrous dysplasia and ossifying fibroma, patients applied to with complaints of swelling in the jaws. The wide spreads of the pathologies were determined by CBCT images and the diagnosis was made by histopathological examination. While two-dimensional conventional imaging is sufficient for asymptomatic and small-sized cases, CBCT is necessary for large lesions to assess their relations with surrounding tissues. It is important to interpret the CBCT images of these lesions correctly and to bring the cases with various clinical, radiographic and demographic features into the literature.