THE EFFECTS OF MAXILLARY EXPANSION ON THE SOFT TISSUE FACIAL PROFILE
Articles > Article · 2017
Authors: IŞIL ARAS, Sultan OLMEZ, Mehmet Cemal AKAY, Tayfun GÜNBAY, Aynur ARAS
JOURNAL OF ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF DENTISTRY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2017, vol 51, pp 1-10
DOI: 10.17096/jiufd.85884
Summary
Purpose: The aims of this retrospective study were to evaluate the possible changes in soft tissue facial profile induced by orthopedic rapid maxillary expansion (RME) and surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME), and to correlate them with the underlying hard tissue alterations.