Prominent oral osseous outgrowths may be useful for forensic identification but may also create diagnostic uncertainty. This report documents marked mandibular tori associated with multifocal surface-based maxillary osseous outgrowths and evaluates their forensic significance....
✦ The floor
Discussion
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✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
No actionable change — this case report has no relevance to audiology clinical practice.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
This article has minimal relevance to audiology; it documents a forensic pathology finding with no clear hearing-health implications.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01Case report documents prominent mandibular tori (bony jaw growths) and maxillary osseous outgrowths found on post-mortem imaging.
- 02The study is forensic/pathology in nature with no direct audiology or hearing relevance.
- 03Published in a forensic medicine journal context.
- 04No clinical, therapeutic, or diagnostic hearing implications are described.
- 05Inclusion in an audiology context appears to be a mis-categorization.
✦ Research metadata ✦
- PMID
- 42911544
- DOI
- 10.1007/s12024-026-01382-8.
- Publication type
- case_report
- Evidence level
- 4
- Sample size
- 1
- Population
- Deceased individual undergoing post-mortem forensic imaging
- Intervention
- Post-mortem forensic imaging assessment of jaw osseous outgrowths
Primary outcomes
Characterization of mandibular tori and maxillary osseous outgrowths on post-mortem imaging