eng Science and Education Publishing International Journal of Dental Sciences and Research 2014-12-21 2 6C 10 13 10.12691/ijdsr-2-6C-3 IJDSR201426C3 article Maj Saravanan SP drsaravanan.sp@gmail.com 1 Col A K Shreehari 2 Lt Col Sangeeta Singh 3 Dinesh Kumar Sethurathinam 4 Resident (Periodontology), Div of Periodontology, AFMC Pune Associate Professor & Head of Division, Div of Periodontology, AFMC Pune Assistant Professor, Div of Periodontology, AFMC Pune Resident (Pathology), Department of Pathology, AFMC Pune The peripheral ossifying fibroma (POF) is a non-neoplastic reactive gingival overgrowth occurring frequently in the anterior maxilla region. Mostly it is seen as an asymptomatic swelling predominantly in female patients and is rarely encountered in postmenopausal years. Because of the dilemma in diagnosing the lesion solely on clinical basis it is always emphasized that the definitive diagnosis can be made only by histopathological examination. Further a proper treatment protocol with close postoperative follow-up is necessary in such cases as they carry a high recurrence rate. The present case report describes a female patient, in her post menopausal age with a diagnosis of POF which was surgically excised from the anterior maxillary region. http://pubs.sciepub.com/ijdsr/2/6C/3/ijdsr-2-6C-3.pdf peripheral ossifying fibroma pyogenic granuloma gingival overgrowth