Torus palatino, torus mandibular y exostosis maxilares

Abstract

The bones maxilars are part of the corporal skeletal structure thus are not differents to the pathologies that appear in it. Some keep similarity to each other, others are very singular by their patognomónics characteristics, for example, torus palatal, torus mandibular and the exostosis of the maxilla. Nevertheless, speculative ideas exist about his etiopatogenía, of the associated factors, their incidence and prevalence, its necessity of treatment, among others. The intention of this revision is to display the existing information on the text pathologies used for the formation of professionals of health and the universal scope, and other publications that have served as support to the ideas conceived about torus and the exostosis, doing emphasis in the aspects diagnoses. It is tried that this information serves as direction for future investigations.