Monostatic fibrous displasia: Case report

Fibrous dysplasia is a benign, slow growing fibrous-osseous lesion of the bone and is generally seen in children and adolescents. maxilla is the most frequent site in the head and neck region. the aim of this report is to present a maxillary monostatic fibrous dysplasia in a 52 years old woman who refferred to our faculty for prosthetic rehabilitation. the clinical examination revealed a painless swelling at the right maxillary posterior region which makes it difficult to perform an optimal prosthetic reconstruction. in radiographic examination the typical area of orange-peel texture was observed at the right maxillary edentelous region. surgical resection was performed to correct deformity of the alveolar crest. the prosthetic rehabilitation was performed two months after the surgery. four mounths follow-up is revealed no complication.