THE EFFICIENCY OF TOOTH-ANCHORED VERSUS BONEANCHORED RAPID MAXILLARY EXPANSION IN YOUNG AND LATE ADOLESCENT PATIENTS

Volume 32, Number 5 (2022)

Grytė Zabielskaitė, Mariam Varoneckaitė, Abdulla Varoneckas Abstract Relevance of the problem. Incidence of posterior cross­bite has been reported to be 8–23% and it is a com­mon problem often seen in children and adolescents. An effective treatment of the skeletal transversal maxillary deficiency usually involves rapid maxillary expansion (RME). The expansion can be achieved using different…