An unusual case report of a painless hard swelling in the angle of the mandible– An enigma in diagnosis

Asymptomatic bony hard swelling of the jaws includes a wide variety of disorders like developmental disorders, inflammatory, benign and malignant tumors of odontogenic/non odontogenic origin. A thorough history along with adequate clinical examination and investigations like biochemical, radiographic and histopathology most of the lesions can be assigned with reasonable certainty into one of several categories. The main aim of this present article is to discuss a case of a juvenile ossifying fibroma in a 11-year old male patient who presented with a bony hard swelling in the unusual site of left angle of the mandible which was symptom-free and present since 2 months.