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Glossary

Alveoloplasty

Surgical recontouring of alveolar bone. May be performed at the time of, or any time after tooth removal, and is typically performed to establish a more ideal edentulous ridge shape on which to wear a denture.
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Large mandibular tori are bony projections that interfere with denture fabrication

Large bony projections known as tori make fabrication of a denture impossible in this patient. They will be removed, and the ridges recontoured in a combined "torectomy" / alveoloplasty procedure.

Torectomy and alveoloplasty are preprosthetic dental procedures for dentures

The large tori were removed in this alveoloplasty procedure. The remaining teeth were also removed. The photograph shows the treated ridge one week after his surgery. Sutures are still in place.

A torus is a benign out growth of bone in the jaw that patients feel as a hard bump

A section of the removed torus is shown.