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			\| caption = Sutures are the joints between these plates
	\| name = Cranial suture		\| name = Cranial suture
	\| also = facial sutures, plate fusion (slang)		\| also = facial sutures, plate fusion (slang)

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{{Short description|Joints of the skull; midpalatal and circummaxillary talk}}
{{Infobox term
| name = Cranial suture
| also = facial sutures, plate fusion (slang)
| field = Anatomy
}}
A '''suture''' is a fibrous joint between skull bones. Looksmaxxing says “plates fused” here when it means '''you cannot expand or protract the [[maxilla]] with a gadget''' — not a femur growth plate. See [[growth plate]] for height.

== The ones the forums name ==
* [[Midpalatal suture]] — down the hard palate; [[palate expansion]], MARPE, MSE. CBCT staging (Angelieri A–E) is how orthodontists guess whether it will split.<ref name="cbct">{{cite web |title=CBCT evaluation of midpalatal suture maturation |website=ScienceDirect |date=2026 |access-date=10 September 2026}}</ref>
* Circummaxillary sutures — maxilla to neighbors (frontomaxillary, zygomaticomaxillary, pterygomaxillary). LeFort cuts some of them on purpose.
* Cranial vault sutures (sagittal, coronal, lambdoid) — craniosynostosis if they fuse too early in infants; not a PSL drill.
* [[Spheno-occipital synchondrosis]] — a '''synchondrosis''' (cartilage), not a suture; cranial-base growth.

Adult sutures interlock. Breaking them is orthodontics or surgery, not mewing. JawHacks-style “split the palate then protract” is a medical controversy, not a protocol on this wiki.

== See also ==
* [[Palate expansion]]
* [[Maxilla]]
* [[Growth plate]]
* [[Bimaxillary osteotomy]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Face]]
[[Category:Anatomy]]
[[Category:Medicine]]
[[Category:Glossary]]

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