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{{Short description|Widening the maxilla at the midpalatal suture}} | {{Short description|Widening the maxilla at the midpalatal suture}} | ||
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| image = Palatine bone.png | |||
| caption = Palatine bone — hard palate neighborhood | |||
| name = Palate expansion | | name = Palate expansion | ||
| also = MSE, MARPE, RPE, RME | | also = MSE, MARPE, RPE, RME | ||
| field = Medicine | | field = Medicine | ||
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'''Palate expansion''' widens the [[maxilla]] by opening the [[midpalatal suture]] with an appliance (RPE/RME in kids; MARPE/MSE in some older patients; SARPE when a surgeon assists). It is orthodontic/surgical territory. Looksmaxxing treats it as a midface cheat code. Whether the suture will split is a CBCT staging question, not a thread vote. See [[cranial suture]]. | '''Palate expansion''' widens the [[maxilla]] by opening the [[midpalatal suture]] with an appliance (RPE/RME in kids; MARPE/MSE in some older patients; SARPE when a surgeon assists).<ref name="wp">{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Looksmaxxing |title=Looksmaxxing |website=Wikipedia |access-date=11 September 2026}}</ref> It is orthodontic/surgical territory. Looksmaxxing treats it as a midface cheat code. Whether the suture will split is a CBCT staging question, not a thread vote. See [[cranial suture]]. | ||
Complications and “am I a candidate” are for an orthodontist. Thumb-pulling on an expander is a scene controversy, not a method on this wiki. | Complications and “am I a candidate” are for an orthodontist. Thumb-pulling on an expander is a scene controversy, not a method on this wiki. | ||
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* [[Mewing]] | * [[Mewing]] | ||
* [[Cranial suture]] | * [[Cranial suture]] | ||
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[[Category:Medicine]] | [[Category:Medicine]] | ||
[[Category:Face]] | [[Category:Face]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:06, 11 September 2026
 Palatine bone — hard palate neighborhood
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| Field | Medicine |
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| Also known as | MSE, MARPE, RPE, RME
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Palate expansion widens the maxilla by opening the midpalatal suture with an appliance (RPE/RME in kids; MARPE/MSE in some older patients; SARPE when a surgeon assists).[1] It is orthodontic/surgical territory. Looksmaxxing treats it as a midface cheat code. Whether the suture will split is a CBCT staging question, not a thread vote. See cranial suture.
Complications and “am I a candidate” are for an orthodontist. Thumb-pulling on an expander is a scene controversy, not a method on this wiki.
See also
References
- ↑ Looksmaxxing. Wikipedia. Retrieved 11 September 2026.