--- abstract: 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 altloc: - http://www.ojhas.org/issue31/2009-3-17.htm chapter: ~ commentary: ~ commref: ~ confdates: ~ conference: ~ confloc: ~ contact_email: ~ creators_id: - drsudhakaroralmed@yahoo.co.in - ~ - ~ creators_name: - family: Sudhakar given: S honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Praveen Kumar given: B honourific: '' lineage: '' - family: Prabhat given: MPV honourific: '' lineage: '' date: 2009-11-15 date_type: published datestamp: 2010-09-13 03:55:29 department: ~ dir: disk0/00/00/69/64 edit_lock_since: ~ edit_lock_until: 0 edit_lock_user: ~ editors_id: - Kakkilaya BS editors_name: - family: Kakkilaya given: Srinivas honourific: Dr lineage: '' eprint_status: archive eprintid: 6964 fileinfo: /style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png;/6964/1/2009%2D3%2D17.pdf full_text_status: public importid: ~ institution: ~ isbn: ~ ispublished: pub issn: ~ item_issues_comment: [] item_issues_count: 0 item_issues_description: [] item_issues_id: [] item_issues_reported_by: [] item_issues_resolved_by: [] item_issues_status: [] item_issues_timestamp: [] item_issues_type: [] keywords: Peripheral ossifying fibroma; Gingiva; Multicentric; Periosteum; Recurrence lastmod: 2011-03-11 08:57:41 latitude: ~ longitude: ~ metadata_visibility: show note: ~ number: 3 pagerange: ~ pubdom: TRUE publication: Online Journal of Health and Allied Sciences publisher: Dr. BS Kakkilaya refereed: TRUE referencetext: "1.\tEversole LR, Rovin S. Reactive lesions of the gingival. J Oral Pathol 1972;1:30-8.\r\n2.\tZain RB, Fei YJ. Fibrous lesions of the gingiva: a histopathological analysis of 204 cases. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol 1990;70:466-70.\r\n3.\tWaldron CA. Fibrosseous lesions of the jaws. J Oral Maxillofac Surg 1993;51:828-35.\r\n4.\tYadav R, Gulati A. Peripheral ossifying fibroma: a case report. J Oral Sci 2009;51:151-4.\r\n5.\tMoon WJ, Choi SY, Chung EC, Kwon KH, Chae SW. Peripheral ossifying fibroma in the oral cavity: CT and MR findings. Dentomaxillofac Radiol 2007;36:180-2.\r\n6.\tShamim T, Varghese VI, Shameena PM, Sudha S. A retrospective analysis of gingival biopsied lesions in south indian population: 2001-2006. Med Oral Patol Oral Cir Bucal 2008 Jul 1;13(7): E414-8.\r\n7.\tMiller CS, Henry RG, Damm DD. Proliferative mass found in the gingiva. J Am Dent Assoc 1990;121:559-60.\r\n8.\tNeville BW, Damm DD, Allen CM, Bouquot JE. Soft tissue tumors. Oral and maxillofacial pathology. 3rd ed. Missouri: Elsevier. P 521-3.\r\n9.\tDelbem ACB, Cunha RF, Silva JZ. Soubhia AMP. Peripheral Cemento-Ossifying Fibroma in Child. A Follow-Up of 4 Years. Report of a Case. Eur J Dent 2008;2:134-137.\r\n10.\tKumar SKS, Ram S, Jorgensen MG, Shuler CF, Sedghizadeh PP. Multicentric peripheral ossifying fibroma. J Oral Sci 2006;48:239-43.\r\n11.\tDas UM, Azher U. Peripheral ossifying fibroma. J Indian Soc Pedod Prevent Dent 2009; 27(1): 49-51.\r\n12.\tPoon CK, Kwan PC, Chao SY. Giant peripheral ossifying fibroma of the maxilla: report of a case. J Oral Maxillofac surg 1995;53: 695-8." relation_type: [] relation_uri: [] reportno: ~ rev_number: 19 series: ~ source: ~ status_changed: 2010-09-13 03:55:29 subjects: - OJHAS succeeds: ~ suggestions: ~ sword_depositor: ~ sword_slug: ~ thesistype: ~ title: Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma type: journale userid: 4338 volume: 8