The torus has been mentioned in the literature for about 180 years. However, little has been
revealed about it until the last two decades when great advances were made in the field of …

Exostoses, also known as hyperostoses, are localized bony protuberances that arise from
the cortical plate. These developmental anomalies, or hamartomas, frequently affect the …

Exactly how modern humans evolved is a subject of intense debate. This book deals with
the evolution of modern humans from an archaic ancestor and the differentiation of modern …

Discrete traits are of increasing interest in comparative skeletal biological research.
Characteristics justifying their use have been investigated primarily in mice, however. Using …

The contents are assembled by categories corresponding to various aspects of osteology.
The discussion of the recovery and treatment of bones deals with forensic studies of …

Five thousand Norwegians, 2783 females and 2217 males, ranging in age from 16 to 89
years, have been screened for the presence of torus palatinus and/or torus mandibularis …

prevalence and the relation to Page 1 Eur J (Jral Sci 1999: 107 9–13 Printed in UK. All rights
reserved A clinical study of Oral tori in S0Uthern Thailand: prevalence and the relation to …

Torus palatinus (TP) was recorded in 13.5% of 1317 German patients (606 men, 711
women). There was no statistically significant difference between the sexes. Torus palatinus …

The etiology and classification of palatine and mandibular tori are discussed. The data
collected from 2,478 consecutive dental patients seeking routine dental treatment revealed …

Torus mandibularis has frustrated several attempts to make family patterns of variation fit
modifications of Mendelian models. It is suggested that the quasi-continuous model of …