title: Guided surgery in unusual palatal torus.
abstract: Palatine torus is a benign congenital outgrowth of bone that affects the hard palate and palatine processes, resulting from the "overworking" of osteoblasts and bone deposition along the line of the palatine fusion. Surgical excision is the only treatment for torus, and such patients are susceptible to intraoperative and postoperative complications of a traumatic, functional, or infectious nature. This article describes an atypical case of torus palatinus measuring 20.31 × 27.25 × 59.20 mm, which is the largest size ever described in the literature. This case required the use of a surgical guide in the intraoperative phase, with viable use in the postoperative phase as well. This guide proved versatile in reducing the risk of undercorrection and complications, offering greater patient comfort.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University of Pernambuco, Pernambuco, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ricardo Wathson Feitosa
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: de Carvalho
authors.forename: Paulo Germano
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: de Carvalho Bezerra Falcão
authors.forename: Antonio Azoubel
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Antunes
authors.forename: Gustavo José
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: de Luna Campos
authors.forename: Belmiro Cavalcanti
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: do Egito Vasconcelos
mesh_terms: D005096:Exostoses / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019647:Oral Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D010027:Osteotomy / Q000379:methods; D021362:Palate, Hard / Q000601:surgery*; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013524:Surgical Flaps