Hard palate cancer affects the bony part of the roof of the mouth. It can cause noticeable growths and symptoms such as bad breath and loose teeth. Treatment typically involves surgery and ...

Hard palate cancer is a rare oral cancer that forms on the roof of your mouth. While the exact cause may be unclear, some of the most common risk factors include tobacco and alcohol use.

Previous modifications have included the use of a "relaxing incision" on the hard palate in both Furlow and Sommerlad techniques for avoiding the risk of ONF, but this has the potential to lead to ...

A cleft palate is a split or opening in the roof of the mouth. A cleft palate can involve the hard palate (the bony front portion of the roof of the mouth) and/or the soft palate (the soft back ...

or hard palate. Often, the first sign of a cleft palate is feeding difficulty or nasal regurgitation when a baby is born. This happens because the gap in tissue between the mouth and nose prevents ...

Randomization was stratified according to surgeon and extent of the cleft (soft palate only vs. soft and hard palates). The cleft palate teams in each center included a surgeon, a speech and ...

Palatal height was measured from the established horizontal plane to the posterior boundary of the hard palate in the midline. Palatal length was the distance between the central incisors on the ...

Nowadays, individuals born with cleft palate can get surgery to fix the condition, which occurs when the roof of the mouth, known as the hard palate, doesn't completely close during gestation.