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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Journal of Health and Allied Sciences NU 2016; 06(02): 069-072
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1708645
Case Report

Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma of the Posterior Maxilla: A Case Report

Mithula Nair S.
1   Post Graduate Students, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, A. B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore
,
Vidya Ajila
2   Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, A. B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore
,
Shruthi Hegde
3   Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, A. B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore
,
G. Subhas Babu
4   Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, A. B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore
,
Rumela Ghosh
5   Post Graduate Students, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, A. B Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences, Nitte University, Mangalore
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Abstract

Peripheral ossifying fibroma (POF) is a reactive lesion usually arising from the interdental gingiva. The etiology is considered to be secondary to trauma or other local irritating factors. POF is almost always confused with pyogenic granuloma and peripheral giant cell granuloma. It usually shows a predominance of incidence in anterior region of maxilla and among females. Lesions are rarely larger than 2 cms in size. Incidence of peripheral ossifying fibroma in the posterior maxilla is also rare. Here we report a large peripheral ossifying fibroma occurring in a 40 year old man in the posterior maxillary region which had extended to the occlusal surface of the third molar region causing pain and erythema.

Keywords

Peripheral ossifying fibroma - Gingiva - Maxilla


Publication History

Received: 07 July 2015

Accepted: 19 March 2016

Article published online:
22 April 2020

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