Whats a pallet expander?(Teeth)?

Answer 1

All are correct answers. This is sometimes called a "spider".

My daughter had one as well for several months. The curvature of her mouth - the distance across her pallet was not wide enough to accomodiate a mouth full of teeth. Thus, her teeth were coming in crooked due to no space in there.

The expander did in fact fit across the top of her mouth and we too had a "key" that we inserted one time daily and turned as much as was directed by her orthodonist. We called it "jacking her jaws".

At first it was a bit painful, then that soreness went away. This process made that distance wider and there became room for all of her teeth.

It was successful. Braces followed and she now has a beautiful smile. Worth it.

Good luck.

Answer 2

My daughter just had one on for 6 months...she got braces put on and in order to bring her teeth down ( a little bucked) without causing overcrowding....the had to make the roof of her mouth a little wider. Really the little device is a little archaic looking but not painful. The first 20 or 30 days of wearing it, I had to manually turn it with a "key"...after turning it the appropriate amount of thime she had to wear it for about 5 more months in order for the "spread to stay in place. She was a little tender from it the first 2 weeks or so. It was only connected to the inside of 2 of her molars...the rotating part was near the center of the roof of her mouth. It took a little while for her her to eat because you are unable to move food across the roof of your mouth with your tongue without some really funny expressions and sounds.....she did fine and really there was only the initial tenderness.

Answer 3

This appliance works by widening the halves of the upper jaw (see How does it work below). In order for this to work, there has to be a separation between the halves to start with. In growing people (you are young enough that skeletal growth is sill taking place), there is a separation called a suture between the halves. How old is "young enough"? That depends. Age, by itself, is not the best predictor of this. The orthodontist can estimate the amount of skeletal growth you have remaining by taking a Hand-Wrist radiograph, and looking at how developed those bones are to help determine this. For females, your skeletal growth is largely complete by age 14 if you had your first period around age 12-13. For males, your orthodontist may be able to get a sense of how much more skeletal growth you have left by comparing your stature to your parents. In general, I am very wary of using this appliance without surgical assistance in females above age 13 and males above age 15.

Answer 4

Ugh! It's this horrible contraption that they put in between your teeth by the roof of your mouth. It's designed to expand your top teeth so that your bite is normal.

I had one when I was in high school, and it hurt like hell! However, after using it and having braces, my teeth are straight now!

Answer 5

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Answer 6

A palate expander does what it suggests..it expands the palate (the "roof" of the mouth)...;