Bilateral ossifying fibroma affecting the jaws: Literature review, rare case report

BACKGROUND: Ossifying fibroma (OF) is a benign lesion could occur in different areas of the body and contain fibers, cells and non-organic materials in non specific amounts. It is growing could be slow or rapid and according to this an array of treatment options must be considered to avoid future complications. CASE PRESENTATION: In this article, we present a case report of a 40-year-old female patient who visited the dentist with the intention of having a normal check up. Bilateral lesion was observed in the mandible, the patient had no medical history of trauma. The lesion was removed surgically and analyzed histologically and the result was ossifying fibroma in both sides. DISCUSSION: Ossifying fibroma is a rare tumor to be found in the oral cavity, and the family of fibro-osseous lesions (FOLs) has in general the same pathologic features and differ from each other in clinical view so the definitive diagnosis is based on mixture of all these elements. The treatment is complete surgical excision. CONCLUSIONS AND LITERATURE REVIEW: 11 cases were discovered and archived since 1968 until now, the distribution of cases is nearly equal in the oral cavity, and the infection of females is higher than males.