I recently noticed a large bump in the center of my hard palate, and someone told me it's probably torus palatinus. However, I'm still a bit concerned and I have absolutely no means to get to the dentist (out of state, no car, in college, finals week, etc). It's really hard, slightly pale and narrow. I smoke, but not a whole lot as I've been trying to quit. I also haven't been smoking very long. I'm 18 years old. There's really no way it could be anything bad, right?
2007-12-02 12:12:21 · 5 answers · asked by Chris H 1 in Health ➔ Dental
It may and probably is tori, or it could be from some trauma so simple as a straw scraping your palate. Tori usually are bilateral, or on both sides of the lower, but can be just on one portion of the upper palate. Tori or torus are an over growth of bone that causes no problems unless it interferes with a denture placement, which I doubt you have yet. There really is no way of knowing with any accuracy with out an exam. So, if it's not hurting then you can probably rule out trauma. Focus on your finals and then see a dentist.
When you have finished with your finals, see your dentist for an evaluation. This way you can be assured that it is nothing more than tori. There is no way of knowing anything with any amount of certainty, what this is without an examination.
It's good that you are quitting smoking. It's an easy habit to start and continue with, but a devastatingly difficult one to drop. Although the younger you are or less you have smoked, the better and the easier it is to give them up. There are people who go their whole life trying to give them up to no avail.
2007-12-02 12:30:21 · answer #1 · answered by HeatherS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
CHRIS,
THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HAVING A TORUS PALATINUS. THIS IS A VARIABLE IS NORMAL FOR SOME FOLKS JUST HAVE ONE.
SOME HAVE A TORUS MANDIBULARIS WHICH ARE BONY EXTENSIONS IN THE LOWER MANDIBLE.
AGAIN, THERE IS NO REASON FOR CONCERN UNLESS A DENTAL APPLIANCE CANNOT BE WORN BECAUSE OF IT.
ps: torus is for one growth, tori is plural when there more than one.
2007-12-02 12:46:21 · answer #2 · answered by Dr. Albert, DDS, (USA) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2016-08-06 09:38:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first two websites I looked at both said that unless normal mouth stuff like eating traumatizes it, these need no treatment. So if that's indeed what it is, no cause for alarm.
Oh, except in 50 years it can make fitting your dentures more difficult, so take good care of your teeth.
2007-12-02 12:20:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yep, sounds like it to me!
Not to worry, it's not uncommon, and it isn't anything 'bad', just extra bone in your palate. Like the others said, the only 'problem' it could give you would be if you needed a full upper denture, but you don't have to worry about that, now, do you?
Get your mind off of the tori and back to studying for your finals... and good luck with them!
:)
2007-12-03 09:23:45 · answer #5 · answered by CDA~NY 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋