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Growth potential of peripheral ossifying fibroma
1Section of Oral Surgery, Maurice and Gabriela Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Journal of Clinical Periodontology
|October 1, 1987
Abstract:
The peripheral ossifying fibroma (POF), a benign gingival overgrowth, occurs mainly in the anterior portion of the maxilla in young adults. The size of the lesion is usually less than 1.5 cm. A unique case of POF in the posterior mandible of a 70-year-old female is presented. The lesion was 6 cm in the largest diameter. It is apparent that POF can become a sizeable tumor unless it is surgically excised in an early stage.