1Lecturer, Oral Medicine & Radiology, BBDCODS, Lucknow
2Sr. Lecturer, Oral & Maxillo-Facial Surgery, BBDCODS, Lucknow
3Sr. Lecturer, Oral Medicine & Radiology, BBDCODS, Lucknow
4Professor, Oral Medicine & Radiology, BBDCODS, Lucknow
5Lecturer, Sardar Patel Dental College, Lucknow
6Sr. Lecturer, Pedodontics, BBDCODS, Lucknow
*Address For Correspondance: Dr. Ankit Mehrotra, Lecturer, Oral Medicine & Radiology, BBDCODS (Babu Bararasi Das College of Dental Sciences), BBD University, Lucknow. Uttar Pradesh, India
Online published on 23 November, 2015.
Peripheral odontogenic tumor (POdF) is one of the rare forms of benign gingival enlargements. Odontogenic fibroma occurs as central or as peripheral lesion. WHO classification presents detailed explanation of central odontogenic fibroma and briefly states that peripheral odontogenic fibroma is extra-osseous counter part of central odontogenic fibroma. Thus, most of the POdF is described in literature presented as single, focal swellings. Hence POdF may be mistaken for more common exophytic gingival lesions. In this article we report a rare case of POdF of the maxilla with clinical, radiological and histological features.
Gingiva, peripheral odontogenic tumor, maxilla
