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Volume 2 Issue 3 (July-September, 2014)

Case Reports

PERIPHERAL OSSIFYING FIBROMA: A CASE REPORT
Varun Choudhary, AK Shreehari, N K Sahoo, SP Saravanan










Department of Dental Surgery, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune
Year: 2014 // Volume: 2/ / Issue: 3/ / Page: 151-154
Corresponding Author: Maj Varun Choudhary, Dental Officer, Department of Dental Surgery, (Division of Periodontology), Armed Forces Medical College, Pune. E-mail: drvarunchoudhary@gmail.com
This article may be cited as: Choudhary V, Shreehari AK, Sahoo NK, Saravanan SP. Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma: A Case Report. J Adv Med Dent Scie Res 2014;2(3):151-154.

Peripheral ossifying fibroma (POF) is a gingival growth which is commonly seen in the maxillary anterior region. Main cause of its occurrence is due to low-grade irritations. This article presents a case of Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma in a 25-year-old female patient who reported with a slow-growing gingival growth. The clinical presentation, radiological, histological features and etiopathogenesis are discussed briefly.

 
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