Do you have two bones under your tongue?

Are they right next to each other?

@Val123 Nope. Theyre on either side of my mouth right next to the front. When I had to bite down on the strip for the x-ray the bones made the process extremely painful. I’m guessing this isn’t very common because the assistant told me.. Well you’ve got a bit of bone under your tongue. I can’t do anything about it. You’ll just have to grin and bear it.

Hm! Don’t know! You might ask him what it is!

No, I’ve never even heard of that. Interesting.

This is funny. I thought it was odd that people DIDN’T have it! :P

@pinkparaluies Yep…I sure do. I’ve had them for as long as I can remember. MY dentist said it happens, yes. They’re bone growths. Mine also hurt when I have X-rays. My dentist has to position things just right. He said on rare occasions, they have to be cut out. But mine don’t seem to be growing. They’ve been this way for years & years. I have every intention of leaving them alone. I have a bottom partial & it had to be made to go around these bones. Just leave them alone. If they’re not bothering you, don’t you bother them. LOL

@jbfletcherfan Yay! I wonder what kind of ancestors we have in common that would make us both have this… or genetic hiccup. haha

You likely have a tongue choristoma or hamartoma (look at the clinical features part). There may be a genetic component, given your family history.

I have them too. @shilolo after googling a bit, I’m coming up with mandibular torus. Is that the same thing as choristoma? Mine look sort of like this minus the moustache.

Maybe its a sign of past alien abduction ;)

I have them too, like in @MagsRags picture.

Is this a trick question?

@MagsRags Oh, that’s exactly what mine look like! Only mine are a little bigger.

@pdworkin no, this is NOT a trick question. Would you like to see the inside of my mouth?? ;-)

that depends upon the circumstances

Strange! Are they connected to another bone, like your jaw bone, or are they free floating? Are they like tusks? I’m imagining them as tusks. Elephant!

They are part of my lower jaw bone.
Doesn’t everyone have them?

@wilma Apparently not :P

I do not have those bones. It’s kind of awesome that some people do, though. I wonder what they were for?

I need pics of people with them and people without to see if I have it. I’m thinking I don’t since I’m particularly confused. I saw @MagsRags picture but wasn’t sure what the bones were.

@RedPowerLady The bones are right by his front bottom teeth. See on the sides how there are two small little circles popping out from the side?

@pinkparaluies Thanx. I see now what you mean.

No I don’t have that. If I run my finger along the inside of my mouth (in that area) it is smooth. No protruding bones or anything.

@RedPowerLady Youre lucky :P I cut my mouth today on that x-ray film today.

@pinkparaluies Next time I go to the dentist I will remember how lucky I am :)

Sorry you cut your mouth, that sucks. Sounds painful.

No, they’re NOT tusks & they’re not free floating. They’re attached to your bottom jaw bone. They’re not FOR anything. They just grow.

@pdworkin We’ll have to talk…....... ;-)

@RedPowerLady haha. If I’ve educated others by having a bad experience at the dentist… its worth it! :P

When I googled to find that photo, it said about 6% of people have them – it’s actually more common to have them on the upper palate.

OK ok…Im going to have to say I have never seen anything like this before. I had no idea people had these I even checked to make sure I did or not and definitely dont have them. Very different but interesting.

@MagsRags Cool statistic!

@pinkparaluies I have always wondered why it hurt so much when I got dental x-rays. I guess this explains it, most people don’t have those bony protrusions.

Torus Mandibularis Is what I find it to be and mine are so visible and large, nearly touching each other now. I never noticed it was any different than anyone elses mouth until a few years ago and I’m 37! hahah so I imagine my toungue will have so much more room to rest when I get them out :)

I just noticed it have them too and searching for an answer I found this forum. Well this is the way I have them they are two circled bones covered by skin in my mandible, I also feel like if my mandible got deeper. They are placed in the front of my madible like on the right and left leaving a gap in between. I believe it’s genetic in my family but I am still asking my Ana and Phy teacher.

I also have bony protrusions on both my lower left and right side under my tongue. My dentist said it is called mandibular torus. I was told that only about 10% of people have it. Lucky us huh. And yes, it is very painful to have x-ray films done. My mother had them too, as well as one of my brothers. I first noticed mine in my early teens. I am 51 years old now and witnessed them slowly grow over the years but they seem to have finally stopped growing. I try to take very good care of my teeth because I shutter to think what would have to be done in order to give me lower dentures. They don’t cause me any pain on a daily basis. It’s just a little freaky looking. I read somewhere in researching this that it is believed by some to be caused by bruxism—which is grinding your teeth as you sleep.

I have them! and so does my dad. the only reason I’m looking them up right now is because i just hit one when I was brushing my teeth and now I’m paranoid that one is growing… My dentist said only 10% of the human population have them. weird huh?

Mine are getting bigger as I age.

I have them too. I have this jerk dentist that got mad at me because I said the x-ray process was painful. What’s recommend to do? Sounds like nothing unless you need dentures, but in googling I read that is a symptom of TMJ- ugh does that mean I should be getting a mouth guard?

Sorry about your jerk dentist @luzie. I did get a mouth guard to help save my teeth. I was getting cracks in them. My dental assistant was answering some questions for me about them. She said that a dental guard might help.

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I realize this is an old post, but I found this as I was looking up info on my mandibular tori. I was at the dentist yesterday when he pointed them out. He said they grow bigger and are caused by clenching and grinding. I have to get a guard to save my teeth from breaking now. I also have a palatine torus. It is a ridge on the roof of your mouth that runs from front to back so instead of a dome you have an M shape. I heard you are likely to have both if you have one. Anyone else have that too?

@sline I don’t have the palatine torus. That’s interesting, I had never heard about that.
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Am 44 and have noticed the damn bumps under my tongue getting closer together. Made me wonder if this could be the cause of a slight lisp? Well, duh. Try putting two gumballs under your tongue and see how well you can talk. Also have the bump on the roof of my mouth. Double whammy. So does my mom, my grandma, and my daughter. I was blissfully unaware that this was not considered ‘normal anatomy’ until, at the age of 15, the dentist told my parents I needed the bump on the roof CUT OUT as it would pose problems in the future (dentures and such) Yes, the bite-wing xray plastic KILLS them. Yes, I have TMJ. AN, getting a Trix or Captain Crunch stuck under there is probably the most painful thing of all! Is there a silver lining? I havent found it yet.

i have this too. when i do molds of my teeth my teacher yells at me cause i cant get my gums in the mold, i told him because of that bone thing. it is such a pain! i thought it was normal till i noticed everyone else doesnt have them!

Welcome to Fluther @Cassc4413 .

Umm, why is your teacher having you make molds of your teeth and also yelling at you?

SO relieved to find this thread – i, at 37, just randomly noticed these weird bones in the mirror tonight and TOTALLY freaked out. At least now I know why biting down on those bitewingy things hurts! Still have no idea how I never noticed these – they are HUGE.

@kupchurch28 if you don’t already have a bite guard thing you wear when you sleep, you may want to get one. When you see what it looks like in a few months you will know why you need it.
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noticed the bones under my tongue, when getting x-rays, and yes the X-rays hurt. My dentist told me that he has seen them plenty of times and that they do grow over time. The condition is Torus Mandibularis. These bones come from grinding your teeth while you sleep. take a look at your teeth to see if they are more round than straight. Usually the more round the bigger the bone. My dentist said that over time mine might have to be cut. But as of now i am leaving them alone.

I also have them! I once got a pill stuck under them and it was so painful. I had no idea that other people didn’t have them until a few years ago when I happened to look in my daughter’s mouth. I though she was the one with an abnormality until I started checking out people’s mouths. I often wonder if it has anything to do with heritage. I’m Native American, is anyone else?

I’m not Native American.
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I have them to, under my tongue, so I guess Im part of the 10%. I always wondered why it hurt so much when I had the dentist mold in my mouth

I also have that problem. I have two large lumps right behind my front teeth. They seem to get larger every year, and now my front teeth are beginning to get crooked. I was told that before I could ever have dentures, I would have to have the bone removed. I’m certainly not looking forward to that, but will eventually have to have it removed when my front bottom teeth really start to twist around.