Abstract
The gingiva is often the site of localized growths that are considered reactive in nature rather than neoplastic. Many of them are difficult to identify clinically and hence are identified as specific entities based on their typical and steady histomorphology. Peripheral ossifying fibroma is one of those reactive lesions. Though it has been described with different synonyms and is believed to originate in the periodontal membrane comprising about 9% of all gingival growths. The size of the lesion is usually small, located mostly in the anterior maxillary gingiva and have a greater predilection for females. It occurs mostly in the second decade of life. We present a clinical report of a 34-year-old woman with a large peripheral ossifying fibroma confined in the posterior maxillary region that shows significant growth and cause occlusion interference.
Keywords: Gingival growth, Peripheral ossifying fibroma, peripheral cemento-ossifying fibroma, fibrous epulis, calcifying fibroblastic granuloma.
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Corresponding Author
Dr Anita R. Pal
Consultant, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon, 32 Pearls Dental Care & Cure Multi-speciality Hospital,
Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra-400708
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i6.73
