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Case of the Week: Subpontic osseous hyperplasia (subpontic hyperostosis)

This week I’m sharing examples of excess bone growth in response to a pontic – subpontic osseous hyperplasia or subpontic hyperostosis. There have been some theories as to etiologies including a low grade inflammatory process causing the body to create more bone that can reach up to the pontic in some…

Case of the Week: Mandibular Tori

This week is a more common radiographic finding; mandibular tori. This case is bilateral and dense mandibular tori. It’s pretty obvious so I’m just going to let you take a look for yourself. 🙂 And here’s another educational video from Dental Class of 2015 students Paul Favela and Ben Winston.…