Radiolucent rim as a possible diagnostic aid for differentiating jaw lesions.
10.5624/isd.2015.45.4.253
- Author:
Hamed MORTAZAVI
1
;
Maryam BAHARVAND
;
Somayeh RAHMANI
;
Soudeh JAFARI
;
Parvin PARVAEI
Author Information
1. Department of Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. m-baharvand@sbmu.ac.ir
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Jaw diseases;
Diagnosis;
Osseous Dysplasia
- MeSH:
Classification;
Complement System Proteins;
Diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Fibroma;
Jaw Diseases;
Jaw*;
Odontoma;
Osteoblastoma;
Osteoma, Osteoid;
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- From:Imaging Science in Dentistry
2015;45(4):253-261
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
In this study, we formulate a new proposal that complements previous classifications in order to assist dental practitioners in performing a differential diagnosis based on patients' radiographs. We used general search engines and specialized databases such as Google Scholar, PubMed, PubMed Central, MedLine Plus, Science Direct, Scopus, and well-recognized textbooks to find relevant studies by using keywords such as "jaw disease," "jaw lesions," "radiolucent rim," "radiolucent border," and "radiolucent halo." More than 200 articles were found, of which 70 were broadly relevant to the topic. We ultimately included 50 articles that were closely related to the topic of interest. When the relevant data were compiled, the following eight lesions were identified as having a radiolucent rim: periapical cemento-osseous dysplasia, focal cemento-osseous dysplasia, florid cemento-osseous dysplasia, cemento-ossifying fibroma, osteoid osteoma, osteoblastoma, odontoma, and cementoblastoma. We propose a novel subcategory, jaw lesions with a radiolucent rim, which includes eight entities. The implementation of this new category can help improve the diagnoses that dental practitioners make based on patients' radiographs.
