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Narrow palate

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Narrow palate is a clinical finding where the roof of a person's mouth has a high arch and thus narrower from side to side, usually measured as the distance from the upper first pre-molar to the opposite pre-molar.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

14 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

Body locations

Mouth

Is Symptom of

Down syndrome
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Marfan syndrome
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Please help! I have a high arched and semi normal narrow palate?

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My soft palate is black, should I be concerned?

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Is there any medical significance to having a high palate?

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Hello doctors, what does it mean when you have a high palate?

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