Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma Of Posterior Mandible: A Rare Case Report

Abstract

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.