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Case Reports
. 1987 Oct;14(9):551-4.
doi: 10.1111/j.1600-051x.1987.tb00998.x.

Growth potential of peripheral ossifying fibroma

L Bodner  1 , D Dayan
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Case Reports

Growth potential of peripheral ossifying fibroma

L Bodner et al. J Clin Periodontol. 1987 Oct.

Abstract

The peripheral ossifying fibroma (POF), a benign gingival overgrowth, occurs mainly in the anterior portion of the maxilla in young adults. The size of the lesion is usually less than 1.5 cm. A unique case of POF in the posterior mandible of a 70-year-old female is presented. The lesion was 6 cm in the largest diameter. It is apparent that POF can become a sizeable tumor unless it is surgically excised in an early stage.

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