2.1 Study population
This retrospective study was based on a series of 17 adult patients with longstanding history of large symptomatic torus of their mandible, maxilla, or hard palate. Other cases of tori that were small or did not cause any subjective or objective symptoms were excluded. The reviewed 17 patients had been evaluated initially at the private dental office or university clinic, where their demographic data and symptoms were recorded and intraoral photographs of the torus lesions were obtained. They were then referred to our medical center for radiological examination. All had subsequent oral surgery consultation for possible removal of their tori.