Ossifying fibroma is a benign fibro-osseous tumor, also known as central fibro-osteoma, cemento-ossifying fibroma, cementing fibroma. This neoplasm arises from the periodontal ligament and shows slow growth and proliferation of cellular fibrous tissue with varying amounts of osseous products such as bone, cementum or a mixture of both. Ossifying fibroma is a localized, asymptomatic swelling with cortical expansion in the mandible rather than the maxilla in mandible in the premolar and molar region in the third to fourth decade of life with female predilection. Radiologically, the lesion shows a well-defined, mixed radiolucent-radiopaque internal structure. Ossifying fibromas can grow to large sizes resulting in aesthetic and functional deformities. Hence, we present a classic case of an 18-year-old male patient with ossifying fibroma on the left body of the mandible, with all clinical, radiological and histopathological features, along with a brief discussion.

Keywords: ossifying fibroma, benign fibro-osseous tumor, central fibro-osteoma, cemento-ossifying fibroma, cementifying fibroma.

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Dr Tanuja Vliasrao Mote

Post Graduate Student, Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay Dental College & Hospital, Solapur, Maharashtra