Peripheral Odontogenic Fibroma: A Rare Tumor mimicking a Gingival Reactive Lesion

Gingival growths are one of the most frequently encountered lesions in the oral cavity. A plethora of lesions can be seen having similar clinical presentation, making diagnosis a dilemma. Peripheral odontogenic tumors are rare neoplasms to occur on gingiva, the most common among them being the perip...

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Published inInternational journal of clinical pediatric dentistry Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 103 - 106
Main Authors Khot, Komal, Deshmane, Swati, Bagri-Manjrekar, Kriti, Khot, Paresh
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LanguageEnglish
Published 01.01.2017
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Summary:Gingival growths are one of the most frequently encountered lesions in the oral cavity. A plethora of lesions can be seen having similar clinical presentation, making diagnosis a dilemma. Peripheral odontogenic tumors are rare neoplasms to occur on gingiva, the most common among them being the peripheral odontogenic fibroma (POdF). The POdF is a benign, slow-growing, exophytic lesion. Although considered to have a recurrence potential after excision, the actual recurrence rate is not known due to paucity of reported cases. Presented here is a case of a rare neoplasm mimicking an inflammatory gingival lesion with review of the available literature. HOW TO CITE THIS ARTICLEKhot K, Deshmane S, Bagri-Manjrekar K, Khot P. Peripheral Odontogenic Fibroma: A Rare Tumor mimicking a Gingival Reactive Lesion. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2017;10(1):103-106.
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ISSN:0974-7052
DOI:10.5005/jp-journals-10005-1416