650 Reviews and abstracts
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Spontaneous mandibular arch response following rapid palatal expansion: a long-term study on Class I malocclusion Anna Carolina Lima Department of Orthodontics, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis
The purpose of this study was to investigate the spontaneous mandibular arch response to rapid palatal expansion (Haas type) as the sole orthodontic intervention. Particular attention was paid to clinically significant effects and longterm (x ⫽ 11.3 years) posttreatment outcome stability. This study differs from other published reports on the effects of rapid palatal expansion on the mandible in that many of them were of shorter duration, or the associated treatment protocols also involved the use of orthopedic and orthodontic fixed appliances. Data were obtained from orthodontic records including dental casts taken at each of 4 assessment stages for 30 patients (18 female, 12 male). All were treated without
American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics May 2004