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Facial Tissue Changes With Microimplant Assisted Rapid Palatal Expanders, Kevin Shimizu
Facial Tissue Changes With Microimplant Assisted Rapid Palatal Expanders, Kevin Shimizu
Orthodontics and Endodontics Theses
Introduction: Skeletal expansion has been a treatment modality in orthodontics and orthopedics to correct skeletal transverse discrepancies with maxillary constriction. The utilization of microimplants in conjunction with these palatal expanders offers a higher degree of pure skeletal expansion and minimizes the dental side effects. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the changes of the hard and soft tissues of the face after skeletal expansion for orthodontics. Methods: 36 patients who had received successful expansion with a microimplant assisted rapid palatal expander were compared to their pre-expansion records. All patients received CBCTs from which a 3-D analysis configuration was …