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Skull and Spine Disorders

= oral exostosis

Age: adulthood (most commonly)

Types and location:

  1. Torus mandibularis: above mylohyoid line along lingual surface of mandible in region of bicuspids
  2. Torus palatinus: at midline of hard palate
  3. Torus maxillaris: lingual surface of posterior maxilla / buccal cortex of maxilla