# Taste buds

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 7, 2006, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taste-buds/347336 "2006-03-07T02:28:12Z")\
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Do we have taste buds (or any other kind of taste receptors) in the roof of our mouths? A cousin of mine has a full upper denture, covering the roof of her mouth, and she claims foods have a weaker taste when she’s wearing it.

I’ve always thought all our taste buds are in the tongue, and I suspect there’s something psychologocal going on with her.