Featured Patient Case #1

42-year-old female presents with this asymptomatic lesion.

History of the lesion:

• Lesion has grown over a few years.
• It was previously removed maybe a couple of years ago.

Oral examination:

• 9 x 5 x 2 mm well defined pink nodule with smooth surface located on the facial gingival margin of #9.

Differential diagnosis includes:

• Peripheral odontogenic fibroma
• Pyogenic granuloma
• Peripheral ossifying fibroma
• Metastatic carcinoma
• Peripheral fibroma