Short-term outcomes in the upper airway with tooth-bone-borne vs bone-borne rapid maxillary expanders

Abstract Background This study compared the area and minimal section of the nasal cavity, nasopharynx, oropharynx, and hypopharynx in cases treated with different methods of microimplant-assisted expansion. Methods Based on a pilot study to calculate the sample size, 30 patients with transverse maxi...

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Main Authors:	Javier Echarri-Nicolás, María José González-Olmo, Pablo Echarri-Labiondo, Martin Romero
Format:	Artigo
Language:	Inglês
Published:	BMC 2023-10-01
Series:	BMC Oral Health
Subjects:	Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) Microimplant assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) Bone expansion Upper airway Maxillary transverse deficiency Miniscrew-Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion (MARPE)
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03461-6
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