Torus palatinus in end-stage renal disease patients receiving peritoneal dialysis: Does renal osteodystrophy play a role?

Sisman, Yıldıray; Gokce, Cumali; Sipahioglu, MURAT; Ertas, Elif; ÜNAL, Aydın; OYMAK, OKTAY; UTAŞ, Cengiz

doi:10.1016/j.jds.2012.03.012

Torus palatinus in end-stage renal disease patients receiving peritoneal dialysis: Does renal osteodystrophy play a role?

Sisman Y., Gokce C., Sipahioglu M. H. , Ertas E. T. , ÜNAL A. , OYMAK O. , ...More

JOURNAL OF DENTAL SCIENCES, vol.7, no.2, pp.154-158, 2012 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 7 Issue: 2
Publication Date: 2012
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.jds.2012.03.012
Title of Journal : JOURNAL OF DENTAL SCIENCES
Page Numbers: pp.154-158

Abstract

Background: Our aim was to investigate the prevalence, size, locations, and shapes of torus palatinus (TP) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients receiving peritoneal dialysis (PD) in order to analyze the relationship between the TP size and duration of PD.