fovea palatinae

two small depressions in the posterior aspect of the palate, one on each side of the midline, at or near the attachment of the soft palate to the hard palate.

fo·ve·a pa·la·ti·nae

(fōvē-ă pală-tīnē)

Two small depressions in the posterior aspect of the palate, one on each side of the midline, at or near the attachment of the soft palate to the hard palate.

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When present, 32.5% patients had foveae present at the level of vibrating line, 31.1% had vibrating line posterior to foveae palatinae ,while only 8.6% presented with vibrating line anterior to fovea palatinae. Within the limitations of the present study, it was concluded that foveae palatinae are not a reliable anatomical landmark for determining the position of the vibrating line.

THE RELIABILITY OF FOVEAE PALATINAE IN DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF VIBRATING LINE IN EDENTULOUS PATIENTS

Most of the Demonstrators and Faculty members 36 (85.72%) were teaching a combination of phonation with other methods, such as the fovea palatinae as compared to 6 (14.29%) using phonation method for determining the location of the vibrating line (Table-1).

AN INVESTIGATION IN TO THE CONCEPTS AND TECHNIQUES USED FOR ESTABLISHING POSTPALATAL SEAL IN UNDERGRADUATE DENTAL CURRICULUM