Torus removal surgery is a surgical

Surgery

Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...

 procedure performed to remove one or more extra protuberances of bone either on the palate

Torus palatinus

Torus palatinus [palatinus torus in English] is a bony protrusion on the palate. Palatal tori are usually present on the midline of the hard palate...

 or the mandible

Torus mandibularis

Torus mandibularis is a bony growth in the mandible along the surface nearest to the tongue. Mandibular tori are usually present near the premolars and above the location of the mylohyoid muscle's attachment to the mandible...

. Although such segments of extra bone are not harmful in any way in and of themselves, their presence may present a problem for those patients who require certain types of dental prostheses, such as complete or partial dentures.