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. 2013:2013:497234.
doi: 10.1155/2013/497234. Epub 2013 May 20.

Peripheral ossifying fibroma

Meenakshi Bhasin  1 , Vinny Bhasin, Abhilasha Bhasin
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Peripheral ossifying fibroma

Meenakshi Bhasin et al. Case Rep Dent. 2013.

Abstract

Intraoral ossifying fibromas have been described in the literature since the late 1940s. Peripheral ossifying fibroma (POF) is usually a fibroma of the gingival which shows areas of calcification or ossification. It is a nonneoplastic enlargement of gingiva. Due to its clinical and histopathological similarities, some POFs are believed to develop initially as a pyogenic granuloma that undergoes fibrous maturation and subsequent calcification. It has been suggested that POF represents a separate clinical entity rather than a transitional form of pyogenic granuloma or irritation fibroma. This paper describes a case report of a 60-year-old female patient reported with growth on gingiva in the upper left front region of mouth three years ago.

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