Peripheral ossifying fibroma
Open Access
- 1 January 2013
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Medknow in Journal of Indian Society of Periodontology
- Vol. 17 (4), 507-9
- https://doi.org/10.4103/0972-124X.118325
Abstract
Peripheral ossifying fibroma (POF) is one of the inflammatory reactive hyperplasia of gingiva. It represents a separate clinical entity rather than a transitional form of pyogenic granuloma and shares unique clinical characteristics and diverse histopathological features. We present a case of POF in a 65-year-old male patient in the posterior maxillary gingiva, the clinical presentation of which differs from the usual presentation. Differential diagnosis and some interesting facts of POF are discussed.Keywords
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