Three-dimensional analysis of maxillary changes associated with facemask and rapid maxillary expansion compared with bone anchored maxillary protraction.

Introduction: Our objectives in this study were to evaluate in 3 dimensions the growth and treatment effects on the midface and the maxillary dentition produced by facemask therapy in association with rapid maxillary expansion (RME/FM) compared with bone-anchored maxillary protraction (BAMP).

Methods: Forty-six patients with Class III malocclusion were treated with either RME/FM (n = 21) or BAMP (n = 25). Three-dimensional models generated from cone-beam computed tomographic scans, taken before and after approximately 1 year of treatment, were registered on the anterior cranial base and measured using color-coded maps and semitransparent overlays.

Effect of low-level laser therapy (GaAlAs) on bone regeneration in midpalatal anterior suture after surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of laser therapy on bone regeneration in the midpalatal anterior suture (MPAS) after surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME).

Methods: Thirteen patients aged between 18 and 33 years old with maxillary transverse deficiency (> or =7.0 mm) were evaluated.

Effects of surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion on nasal dimensions using acoustic rhinometry.

Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME) on nasal dimensions using acoustic rhinometry.

Study Design: Twenty-seven patients ranging in age from 18 to 53 years were evaluated as having a maxillary transverse deficiency larger than 7 mm, a bilateral cross-bite, and no evidence of nasal obstruction. All patients underwent evaluation of the nasal cavity by acoustic rhinometry both before and 6 months after SARME.

Prediction of transverse maxillary dimension using orthodontic models.

The main objective of this study was to quantify the transverse maxillary dimensions using orthodontic cast models of individuals with natural normal occlusion. Sixty-eight pairs of orthodontic models were evaluated with the respective posteroanterior radiographies of white adults (38 women and 30 men; mean age, 17 years and 5 months). The models were placed in Class I molar occlusion, and on each pair, 4 points were marked on the alveolar buccal ridge (2 on the premolar region and 2 on the molar), determining the upper and lower transverse interpremolar and intermolar dimensions.

Transverse effects of surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion: a comparative study using Haas and Hyrax.

Background: Surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion is the treatment of choice for correcting transverse maxillary deficiency in patients with skeletal maturity, although the influence of the expander type on these alterations has not been elucidated yet.

Objective: Determine the skeletal and dental transverse effects on the maxilla after completion of surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion, with Haas and Hyrax expanders.

Methods: Thirty-eight patients (aged between 18 and 39 years) were submitted to subtotal Le Fort I osteotomy and divided into Hass and Hyrax groups (19 patients each).

Transverse effects after surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion in the midpalatal suture using computed tomography.

Surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion is the treatment of choice for correcting maxillary transverse deficiency in adults. Traditionally, the appliance for expansion is tooth-borne and tissue-tooth-borne devices (Hyrax and Haas). Although a number clinical and radiographic studies have evaluated the surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion, only limited information is available to study the transverse movement of the midpalatal suture with computed tomography.

Stability of the transverse dimension of the maxilla after surgically assisted rapid expansion.

The aim of this study was to evaluate the behavior of the transverse dimension of the maxilla after surgically assisted rapid expansion with and without using a transpalatal arch fixed retention. Sixty cast models of the maxilla and 60 posteroanterior radiographs from 30 adult subjects, 16 male subjects and 14 female subjects, were evaluated. The subjects were 18.