Miniscrew-assisted slow palatal expansion with bone borne expander in adult patients: a case control study on consecutively treated patients
To compare a slow, rapid activation protocol for miniscrew-assisted maxillary expansion in adults. Fifteen consecutive adult patients underwent miniscrew-assisted slow palatal expansion (MASPE) using a bone borne device. A control group treated with miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) was matched for initial demographic data and expansion need. No statistically significant differences in bispinal expansion were observed between the MASPE and MARPE groups at the anterior, middle, or posterior levels. MASPE successfully achieved skeletal expansion of the maxilla in 86.7% of adult patients treated. The expansion pattern and results were comparable to MARPE.ABSTRACT
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