Oral Tori in Chronic Hemodialysis Patients

Pei-Jung Chao
Huang-Yu Yang
Wen-Hung Huang
Cheng-Hao Weng
I-Kuan Wang
Aileen I. Tsai
Tzung-Hai Yen

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Publication date

January 2015

DOI

10.1155/2015/897674

Publisher

Hindawi Limited

ISSN

2314-6133

Journal

2314-6141

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Abstract

Background. This study investigated the epidemiology of torus palatinus (TP) and torus mandibularis (TM) in hemodialysis patients and analyzed the influences of hyperparathyroidism on the formation of oral tori. Method. During 2013, 119 hemodialysis patients were recruited for dental examinations for this study. Results. The prevalence of oral tori in our sample group was high at 33.6% (40 of 119). The most common location of tori was TP (70.0%), followed by TM (20.0%), and then both TP and TM (10.0%). Of the 40 tori cases, most (67.5%) were <2 cm in size; moreover, the majority (52.5%) were flat in shape. In symmetry, most (70.0%) occurred in the midline, followed by bilateral sides (20.0%). Notably, the levels of intact parathyroid hormon...