Narrow palate
Narrow palate is a clinical finding where the roof of a person's mouth has a high arch and thus narrower from side to side, usually measured as the distance from the upper first pre-molar to the opposite pre-molar.
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A 32-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Narrow palate?
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A 39-year old asked:
Can you tell me if braces help extend narrow palates?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Wide tongue and narrow palate fix for adult?
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A 37-year old asked:
Will metal spacers and braces with a wire help expand my narrow palate?
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A 31-year old asked:
What to do if i need them cause I have an impacted canine and a narrow palate. What are some things I should do before i get braces on?
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A 50-year old asked:
Can you tell me what to do if i need them cause I have an impacted canine and a narrow palate. What are some things I should do before i get braces on?
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A 53-year old female asked:
I am aware that most people with narrow palates have smaller mouth width. However, is it correct that people with wider palates automatically implies that they have wider mouth widths compared to people whose palates are narrower?
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A 35-year old asked:
Is there a special toothbrush for cleaning your wisdom teeth? Have high narrow palate so hard to reach
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A 22-year old male asked:
Narrow Palate, tongue resting on molars because of size, stuffy nose (not runny) and frothy saliva . can it be all related and be treated?
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A 33-year old asked:
How to tell if you have a narrow mouth palate?
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A 37-year old asked:
I was just wondering how can you tell if you have a narrow mouth palate?
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A female asked:
Can your upper jaw shift back to being narrow after a palate expander treatment as a teenager if you don't wear your retainers for braces?
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A 42-year old asked:
How to correct high palate and narrow jaw without surgery?
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A 39-year old asked:
Are there ways to correct high palate and narrow jaw without surgery?
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A 20-year old female asked:
My hard palate is swollen and painful just behind rougae area after i was drinking a juice with a narrow straw forcefully what shoud I do ?
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A 57-year old female asked:
In adults patients is it normal after palate expansion to have the palate start to narrow or go back as teeth and bite are aligned and corrected?
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A 43-year old female asked about a female:
Doc says my daughter has narrow long face,high arched palate,broad nasal bridge,microganthia,anteverted nares, short piltrum. Which genetic syndrome is this?
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A 47-year old asked:
Could a smoker regain his palate?
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A 50-year old male asked:
Inflamated palate how do I treat it?.
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: palate?
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A 42-year old asked:
Can you tell me how I could tell if my palate is fused?
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A 36-year old asked:
What is a high palate?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Why my palate is itchy ?
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A 37-year old asked:
What is a vaulted palate?
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A 32-year old asked:
What does a high palate mean?
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A 48-year old asked:
Can the soft palate get inflamed?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Really small bumps on my small palate?
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A female asked:
Do palate expanders make the face wider?
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A 39-year old asked:
Could anybody have a convex hard palate?
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A 53-year old female asked:
How domyou identify herpes on the palate?
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