Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma

Peripheral ossifying fibroma is a relatively uncommon gingival growth that is considered to be reactive in nature and postulated to appear secondary to irritation or trauma. They usually occur in young adults with a female predominance and are solitary in nature. We report a case of peripheral ossif...

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Main Authors: Sudhakar S, Praveen Kumar B, Prabhat MPV
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Light House Polyclinic Mangalore 2009-11-01
Series:Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.ojhas.org/issue31/2009-3-17.htm
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spelling doaj-12c74702973e48c68b839ebfc04341322020-11-24T20:53:55ZengLight House Polyclinic Mangalore Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences0972-59972009-11-0183Peripheral Ossifying FibromaSudhakar SPraveen Kumar BPrabhat MPVPeripheral ossifying fibroma is a relatively uncommon gingival growth that is considered to be reactive in nature and postulated to appear secondary to irritation or trauma. They usually occur in young adults with a female predominance and are solitary in nature. We report a case of peripheral ossifying fibroma in a 55-year old female.http://www.ojhas.org/issue31/2009-3-17.htmPeripheral ossifying fibromaGingivaMulticentricPeriosteumRecurrence
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author Sudhakar S
Praveen Kumar B
Prabhat MPV
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Praveen Kumar B
Prabhat MPV
Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma
Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
Peripheral ossifying fibroma
Gingiva
Multicentric
Periosteum
Recurrence
author_facet Sudhakar S
Praveen Kumar B
Prabhat MPV
author_sort Sudhakar S
title Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma
title_short Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma
title_full Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma
title_fullStr Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma
title_full_unstemmed Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma
title_sort peripheral ossifying fibroma
publisher Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
series Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences
issn 0972-5997
publishDate 2009-11-01
description Peripheral ossifying fibroma is a relatively uncommon gingival growth that is considered to be reactive in nature and postulated to appear secondary to irritation or trauma. They usually occur in young adults with a female predominance and are solitary in nature. We report a case of peripheral ossifying fibroma in a 55-year old female.
topic Peripheral ossifying fibroma
Gingiva
Multicentric
Periosteum
Recurrence
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