Torus Floor Of Mouth

The mass appears in the middle of the hard palate and can vary in size and shape.

Torus floor of mouth. They are outgrowths of bone and pretty common. However a bony growth in the mouth called a torus is typically benign. About 20 percent of women have them and about 10 percent of men. Maxillary tori refer to the bone protrusions on the roof of the mouth.

This picture shows mandibular tori meaning the bumps are on the floor of the mouth. According to the journal of clinical and diagnostic research tori or torus if it is a single bump are harmless growths of bone within the mouth. Tori tend to grow in three parts of the mouth. In 90 of cases there is a torus on both the left and right sides making this finding a predominantly bilateral condition.

Basically tori are hard bony bumps in the mouth. Tori on lower jaw below tongue see lingual frenum or attachment of tongue to floor of mouth. The prevalence of mandibular tori ranges from. The roof of the mouth tori palatini the inside of the lower jaw tori mandibulari or lingual tori the cheek side of the upper molars buccal.

Torus mandibularis is a bony growth in the mandible along the surface nearest to the tongue mandibular tori are usually present near the premolars and above the location of the mylohyoid muscle s attachment to the mandible. Torus palatinus is a harmless painless bony growth located on the roof of the mouth the hard palate. According to the cleveland clinic about 26 percent of the population have tori on the roof of their mouth called palatal tori or floor of their mouths called mandibular tori.