Psammomatoid and Trabecular Juvenile Ossifying Fibromas: Two Aggressive Tumors

Juvenile ossifying fibromas (JOFs) of the jaws are uncommon benign fibro-osseous tumors affecting children under 15 years of age. Based on histological criteria, JOFs have been classified into psammomatoid and trabecular. Their aggressiveness added to their high tendency to recur, provoke real diagnostic and therapeutic challenges for the dental practitioner and make a postoperative follow-up over the years indispensable. The aim of this article was to review the clinical, histological and radiological features of these lesions as well as their treatment modalities.