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	The '''maxilla''' is the paired midface bone: nose base, upper teeth, most of the [[orbit]] floor, and the front of the hard palate. Looksmaxxing “maxilla” talk is almost always '''projection and width''' — a recessed maxilla reads as a long philtrum, a hanging alar base, flat cheeks, and a nose that looks bigger than it is.		The '''maxilla''' is the paired midface bone: nose base, upper teeth, most of the [[orbit]] floor, and the front of the hard palate.<ref name="gray">{{cite book \|author=Henry Gray \|title=Gray's Anatomy \|edition=20th American \|year=1918 \|publisher=Lea & Febiger \|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray%27s_Anatomy \|access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> Looksmaxxing “maxilla” talk is almost always '''projection and width''' — a recessed maxilla reads as a long philtrum, a hanging alar base, flat cheeks, and a nose that looks bigger than it is.

	It is not the mandible. [[Bimaxillary osteotomy]] moves both.		It is not the mandible. [[Bimaxillary osteotomy]] moves both.

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	== Scene metrics ==		== Scene metrics ==
	A “compact [[midface]]” is often a short vertical maxilla plus good projection. Width is [[bizygomatic]] more than the maxilla alone. [[Palate expansion]] tries to split the midpalatal suture; adult cases are orthodontic/surgical, not a TikTok screw.		A “compact [[midface]]” is often a short vertical maxilla plus good projection. Width is [[bizygomatic]] more than the maxilla alone. [[Palate expansion]] tries to split the midpalatal suture; adult cases are orthodontic/surgical, not a TikTok screw.

			== Gallery ==
			<gallery>
			Human skull front bones numbered.svg\|Anterior facial skeleton
			Gray160.png\|Gray 160 — maxilla
			Gray167.png\|Gray 167 — palatine articulated with maxilla
			Gray196.png\|Gray 196 — nasal cavity (maxilla is the floor)
			</gallery>
			Images from Wikimedia Commons via InstantCommons.

	== See also ==		== See also ==

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			\| image = Human skull front bones numbered.svg
			\| caption = Facial bones, anterior (maxilla is the midface block)
	\| name = Maxilla		\| name = Maxilla
	\| also = upper jaw, midface bone		\| also = upper jaw, midface bone

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{{Short description|Midface bone; recession, width, and palate}}
{{Infobox term
| name = Maxilla
| also = upper jaw, midface bone
| field = Anatomy
}}
The '''maxilla''' is the paired midface bone: nose base, upper teeth, most of the [[orbit]] floor, and the front of the hard palate. Looksmaxxing “maxilla” talk is almost always '''projection and width''' — a recessed maxilla reads as a long philtrum, a hanging alar base, flat cheeks, and a nose that looks bigger than it is.

It is not the mandible. [[Bimaxillary osteotomy]] moves both.

== What sits on it ==
* Piriform aperture (nose hole)
* Anterior nasal spine
* Alveolar process (teeth)
* Palatine process — meets its twin at the [[midpalatal suture]]
* Zygomatic process — toward the cheek
* Infraorbital foramen and orbital floor

== Scene metrics ==
A “compact [[midface]]” is often a short vertical maxilla plus good projection. Width is [[bizygomatic]] more than the maxilla alone. [[Palate expansion]] tries to split the midpalatal suture; adult cases are orthodontic/surgical, not a TikTok screw.

== See also ==
* [[Midface]]
* [[Palate expansion]]
* [[Cranial suture]]
* [[Nose]]
* [[Facial skeleton]]

== References ==
Anatomy condensed from standard craniofacial descriptions (CC BY-SA Wikipedia ''Maxilla'', retrieved 2026-09-10).

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[[Category:Face]]
[[Category:Anatomy]]
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