Presencia de exostosis orales en pacientes de la ciudad de Temuco, Chile

the torus comes from latin word that means circular prominence or tumor and which is not considered like a pathological condition. 159 patients were evaluated randomly in the dental clinics of universidad de la frontera, temuco, to determine the prevalence of exostoses on this population. these patients filled a tab in order to relate this condition with some associated factors. a prevalence of 5.66% was observed with predominance in female gender, in mandibular zone. while certain factors studied showed no trends except for clinical features, none exhibited statistically significant results.