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Neurofibromas have not been reported in the periodontal literature. In this case report, a 27-year-old female presented with a complaint of a lump in the maxillary left palatal tissue; periodontal evaluation revealed a mass 15 x 8 x 4 mm on the palatal mucosa. After removal, the region healed without recurrence. The patient was referred to her physician for a physical, and no evidence of neurofibromatosis was found elsewhere, suggesting that this case represented an example of an isolated oral neurofibroma lesion.

Two extensive periodontal recessive lesions in bilateral maxillary cuspid ares were treated surgically with free autogenous masticatory mucosal grafts. No attempt was made initially to achieve total root surface coverage. Evaluation of the sites during a 4-year postoperative period demonstrated unusual degrees of "creeping attachment." The maxillary left cuspid graft completely covered the root with 9 mm of gingival-equivalent tissue while the maxillary right cuspid area displayed 90% (7 mm) root surface coverage.

We report an unusual case of maxillary osteosarcoma presenting as supracrestal bone formation in a 41-year-old woman. This case is of interest from the point of view of radiographic appearance of supracrestal bone formation with widened periodontal ligaments and the buccal and palatal swelling of the tissues. Moreover, to the best of our knowledge, the histopathologic evidence of cemental resorption has not been reported earlier.