The patient was an 84-year-old man who was referred to our hospital in mid-December 2012 for a close examination of a mass arising from the left side of the hard palate that was found by a local dentist. The initial examination revealed the presence of a 3.0-cm elastic soft, dome-shaped mass in the left hard palate. CE-CT showed a lesion of size 1.8 × 1.4 cm in the right hard palate, which exte...

AIM To determine the prevalence of type of soft palate in targeted population. MATERIALS AND METHODS Using computer technology in dentistry, intraoral digital scanner, and 3D analysis software tool, study was conducted. 100 patients selected from the outpatient clinics were divided into two groups based on the ages of 20-40 years and 41-60 years with equal ratio of males and females. Each sel...

Proper patterning and growth of oral structures including teeth, tongue, and palate rely on epithelial-mesenchymal interactions involving coordinated regulation of signal transduction. Understanding molecular mechanisms underpinning oral-facial development will provide novel insights into the etiology of common congenital defects such as cleft palate. In this study, we report that ablating Wnt ...

The force for directing palate shelf reorientation appears to be associated with elements of the presumptive hard palate (Brinkley & Vickerman, 1979; Bulleit & Zimmerman, 1985). The palatal elements that mediate this process do not require palate cells to be metabolically active for expression of the force. This contention was demonstrated using an in vitro system that allows substantial reorie...

This case report describes a 17-year-old patient with confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection erosions of the vermilion lips and hard palate, circumferential erythematous periurethral glans penis, small vesicles on trunk upper extremities.

BACKGROUND The aim of this article was to assess the management of the neck and regional recurrence for squamous cell carcinoma of the maxillary alveolus and hard palate (n = 43) and compare that to the rest of the oral cancer sites (n = 465). METHODS This is a retrospective report through database and case note review. RESULTS The incidence of nodal metastases (pathologic node-positive nec...

BACKGROUND The nasopalatine nerve may be injured during extraction of teeth embedded in the anterior hard palate. The neural recovery process and its impact on sensation in the anterior hard palatal region are controversial. In our clinical practice, we noticed a distinct recovery process in children compared with adolescents or adults after surgery. We hypothesized that the sensory innervation...

Patients with complete avulsion of the palate may require extensive surgical and prosthodontic rehabilitation. The prosthesis should replace not only missing teeth but also lost soft tissues and bone, including the hard palate, residual alveolar ridges, and in some situations, the soft palate. This clinical report describes the prosthetic rehabilitation, after appropriate surgical options had b...