K. Sunitha¹ , P. Geetha² , K. Vinay  Kumar Reddy³ , Kotya  Naik  Maloth⁴ , Namratha  Shetty⁵ , Abhishek  Singh  Nayyar⁶

1. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Mamata Dental College and Hospital, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India. E-mail: sunithak59@gmail.com
2. Professor and Head, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences, Narketpally, Andhra Pradesh, India. E-mail: geethaparamkusam@gmail.com
3. Professor and Head, Mamata Dental College and Hospital, Khammam, Telangana, India. Email: reddymoni@yahoo.com
4. Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Mamata Dental College and Hospital, Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, India. E-mail: dr.kotyanaik.maloth@gmail.com
5. Namratha Shetty, Senior Lecturer, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, KLEVK Institute of Dental Sciences, JN Medical College Campus, Nehru Nagar, Belgaum, Karnataka, India. E-mail: dr.namrathashetty@gmail.com
6. Reader, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Saraswati-Dhanwantari Dental College and Hospital and Post-Graduate Research Institute, Parbhani, Maharashtra, India. E-mail: singhabhishek.rims@gmail.com
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International Journal of Clinical Case Reports, 2015, Vol. 5, No. 43   doi: 10.5376/ijccr.2015.05.0043
Received: 02 Sep., 2015    Accepted: 13 Oct., 2015    Published: 28 Oct., 2015

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Sunitha K., Geetha P., Maloth K.N., Shetty N., Nayyar A.S., 2015, Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma of Posterior Mandible: A Rare Case Report, International Journal of Clinical Case Reports, 5(43) 1-5 (doi: 10.5376/ijccr.2015.05.0043)

Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma is a non-neoplastic enlargement of the gingiva with randomly distributed calcifications, immature bone and osteoid. It is found exclusively on the gingiva and does not arise in other oral mucosal locations. Clinically, it resembles a peripheral fibroma, but histopathological analysis always reveals immature bone and osteoid within the lesion. Its incidence is 0.5% in the older age group. We are herewith reporting a rare case of Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma on the mandibular gingiva of a 60 year old male patient.

Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma; Calcifying fibroblastic granuloma; Radiopaque foci