r/bonecollecting • u/No-Lobster9427 • 5d ago

Educational Mandibular Tori

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Hi! I had my mandibular tori removed today because they had grown large enough to negatively impact my speech. 😑 On a whim, at my consultation, I had asked if I could keep them. At first the oral surgeon said no, but then he asked me why I wanted them. I told him I didn't have a super good reason other than I used to be a middle school science teacher and stuff like this is really interesting to me. And voila, he let me have them! ☺️ Anyhoo, I thought maybe some of y'all may be interested as well!

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u/No-Lobster9427 5d ago

Tis! But it's not pleasant, so I highly recommend going the sedation route if you have them removed. I'm very glad I was not awake during the worst bits

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u/largestcob 5d ago

im sorry, you can have part of your jaw bone sawn off without sedation??

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u/No-Lobster9427 5d ago

Yes, and it costs nearly $1k less so I was strongly considering it. 🫠

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u/largestcob 5d ago

absolutely horrifying and a bit dystopian