1. Oral Tori in Chronic Peritoneal Dialysis Patients.
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Chia-Lin Hsu, Ching-Wei Hsu, Pei-Ching Chang, Wen-Hung Huang, Cheng-Hao Weng, Huang-Yu Yang, Shou-Hsuan Liu, Kuan-Hsing Chen, Shu-Man Weng, Chih-Chun Chang, I-Kuan Wang, Aileen I Tsai, and Tzung-Hai Yen
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Medicine ,Science - Abstract
The pathogenesis of oral tori has long been debated and is thought to be the product of both genetic and environmental factors, including occlusal forces. Another proposed mechanism for oral tori is the combination of biomechanical forces, particularly in the oral cavity, combined with cortical bone loss and trabecular expansion, as one might see in the early stages of primary hyperparathyroidism. This study investigated the epidemiology of torus palatinus (TP) and torus mandibularis (TM) in peritoneal dialysis patients, and analyzed the influences of hyperparathyroidism on the formation of oral tori.In total, 134 peritoneal dialysis patients were recruited between July 1 and December 31, 2015 for dental examinations for this study. Patients were categorized into two subgroups based on the presence or absence of oral tori. Demographic, hematological, biochemical, and dialysis-related data were obtained for analysis.The prevalence of oral tori in our sample group was high at 42.5% (57 of 134), and most patients with oral tori were female (61.4%). The most common location of tori was TP (80.7%), followed by TP and TM (14.0%), then TM (5.3%). All 54 TP cases were at the midline, and most were
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- 2016
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