Palate expansion: Difference between revisions
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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 | ||
Revision as of 01:18, 10 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). 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.