Mandibular Tori: What is it and How to Treat it

Did you know there’s an oral disease that affects between 5% and 7% of the U.S. adult population? This condition is called Mandibular Tori, which causes pain and discomfort, and some of its symptoms are almost unnoticeable.  Let’s read about it.

Mandibular Tori Treatment: What is it?

This condition occurs on the inner side of the lower jaw. Torus or Tori (plural) is a benign bone growth in the mouth, and in 90% of the cases, there is a torus on both the left and right sides of your oral cavity, making this an overwhelmingly bilateral condition.

This oral abnormality normally does not cause any serious damage.  It will cause discomfort and if the growth continues, mandibular tori pain is unbearable and can cause disturbed mouth functions.

The size of the tori may fluctuate throughout life, and in some cases, it can be large enough to touch each other in the midline of the mouth.

Mandibular tori causes can complicate the fabrication of dentures. If removal of the tori is needed, surgery can be done to reduce the amount of bone, but the tori may reform in cases where nearby teeth still receive local stress.

What is Tori caused by?

There can be several factors associated with Mandibular Torus.

Starting with genetics, this condition is more common in men than in women and can be passed down from father to son. Also, the stress in the jaw bone, and bruxism.

This condition is more common in early adult life, and consequently, it is believed that mandibular tori are the result of local stresses and not solely genetic influences.

Learn more about Taurus in the mouth with the video Mandibular Tori: Causes and How to Treat It. 

Which Are The Symptoms?

The symptoms of this condition are harmless, and the most common are the following:

• Inflammation of the gums
• Irritated Tonsils
• Loose teeth
• Slurred Speech
• Throat Pain
• Sore Jaw

How to treat it: Removal of the Tori

 Even if your growth is without symptoms, if feeling slight discomfort,  we recommend being evaluated by your dentist.

The surgery begins to be an option when the torus starts to interfere with our speech. Or in the case of using a dental denture, your dentist could consider surgery because the overgrowth bone will interfere with denture placement.

To get a complete diagnosis, a visit to your dentist is needed. He or she must examine your mouth, symptoms, and how much the condition has grown to later explain if surgery is required or not.

Is tori removal painful? For the surgery, depending on the bone growth and where it is located, the dentist will remove the excess bone by cutting it whole or shaving it to a smaller size. Nowadays, laser dental surgery has turned dental procedures simple and less invasive for patients, making them practically pain-free. 

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