Bony Exostoses on Hard Palate - Prosthetic Inferences

Bone is a vital tissue and responds to mechanical stresses in the form of deposition or resportion depending upon the intensity of the force. Excess bony growth in the oral cavity can hamper functions of oral cavity, especially phonetics and affect fabrication of a dental or orthodontic prosthesis. We report a case of a 42 year old patient, who presented with a diffuse bilateral bony exostoses in the region of the posterior hard palate. Besides academic interest, such bony variation has prosthetic implications which are also discussed. The patient’s chief complaint was to restore an endodontically treated mandibular left first molar which was restored with a metal ceramic single crown.

Keywords: compact bone, torus mandibularis, complete denture, fixed partial denture.