Imaging Aspects of Palatal Torus in Cone Beam Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance: Case Report

• Main Authors: Vivian Narana Ribeiro El Achkar (Author), Sérgio Lucio Pereira de Castro Lopes (Author), Antonione Santos Bezerra Pinto (Author), Renata Falchete do Prado (Author), Estela Kaminagakura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of Zagreb. School of Dental Medicine, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The torus palatinus is a unilocular or multilocular exostosis that occurs in the midline of the hard palate. It is considered a common clinical finding. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is not commonly used in dentistry and descriptions of the torus by this imaging method are therefore rare in the l...