Abstract
Torus Palatinus or Palatine torus is a benign bony exostosis that exists on the hard palate along the mid-palatal or interpalatine suture. Although smaller tori are clinically asymptomatic, bigger ones may require surgical intervention.This study is an attempt to analyze the incidence of palatine tori in East Indian population and to assess any signicant sexual variation between male and female crania. In the present study, 96 skulls (60 male and 36 female) from different medical colleges of West Bengal were examined at Department of Anatomy, N.R.S. Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal between 2017-2019 to observe the presence of torus on the hard palate. While 8.33% of the total sample showed the presence of palatine torus; no statistically signicant sex difference was noted in its prevalence in male and female skulls. Male skulls were documented with a 10% prevalence rate while female skulls were found to have a 5.55% prevalence of Torus Palatinus. This data is not only useful in comparing skulls of various races but also bears importance in dentistry and facio-maxillary operative interventions.
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