Volume : VII, Issue : VI, June - 2017

PERIPHERAL OSSIFYING FIBROMA: A CLINICAL CASE REPORT

Chelluboina Meghana, A. Rithesh Kumar, M. Sardhar Singh, C. Srikanth

Abstract :

 Gingival overgrowths are one of the most frequently seen lesions in the oral cavity. The gingiva is many a times the site of localized overgrowths that are deliberated to be active rather than neoplastic in nature. Various lesions with similar clinical features make it difficult to reach a proper diagnosis. One of the rarely occurring gingival lesions is peripheral ossifying fioma (POF). Most of these lesions cannot be identified clinically and can be diagnosed as specific entity only on the basis of typical histological characteristic features. Peripheral ossifying fioma is one such reactive lesion believed to arise from the periodontal ligament comprising about 9% of all gingival growths. The size of the lesion is usually small, located mainly in the anterior maxilla with a higher predilection for females, and it is more common in the second decade of life. Rate of recurrence for peripheral ossifying fioma is 8% to 20%.A clinical case of a 32 year old female patient presenting with a small peripheral ossifying fioma in the anterior maxilla has been discussed in the following article.

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Chelluboina Meghana, A.Rithesh Kumar, M.Sardhar Singh, C.Srikanth, PERIPHERAL OSSIFYING FIBROMA: A CLINICAL CASE REPORT, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾6 | June‾2017

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