Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma� A Case Report

Swapnil Bidi; Sanjeela Guru; Shyam Padmanabhan

Volume : VI, Issue : X, October - 2016

Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma� A Case Report

Swapnil Bidi, Sanjeela Guru, Shyam Padmanabhan

Abstract :

Localized gingival enlargements are common and most of the time represents reactive proliferative lesions rather than neoplasms. Peripheral ossifying fioma (POF) is a localised gingival enlargement composed of a cellular fioblastic connective tissue stroma and is accompanied with the formation of randomly dispersed foci, consisting of either bone, cementum like material and dystrophic calcification. POF predominantly affects women and is usually located in the anterior maxilla. The conclusive diagnosis is by histological examination, which reveals the presence of cellular connective tissue with focal calcifications. Treatment is performed by eliminating the primary etiological factors followed by surgical excision and histological evaluation. The recurrence rate is about 20%. This article reports a case of a 49 year old patient who reported with a chief complaint of a painless gingival growth which was surgically excised and on histological evaluation , the lesion was diagnosed as POF.