Skull and Spine Disorders
= oral exostosis
Age: adulthood (most commonly)
Types and location:
- Torus mandibularis: above mylohyoid line along lingual surface of mandible in region of bicuspids
- Torus palatinus: at midline of hard palate
- Torus maxillaris: lingual surface of posterior maxilla / buccal cortex of maxilla
- exophytic lesion ± small amount of marrow
- slowly growing with spontaneous growth arrest