title: Managing a peripheral ossifying fibroma.
abstract: The Peripheral Ossifying Fibroma is an inflammatory lesion which most often appears in twenty-five to thirty-four-year-old females. It averages 1.0 cm at its greatest dimension. This case reports a seven-year-eight-month-old female who presented with a peripheral ossifying fibroma lesion which measured 2.7 cm by 1.5 cm by 1.0 cm. A review of peripheral ossifying fibroma, and the management and postsurgical sequelae of this child are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Health Practice, College of Dentistry, University of Kentucky, USA.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kendrick
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Waggoner
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003681:Dehydration; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018214:Fibroma, Ossifying / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D005887:Gingival Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008339:Mandibular Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications