Surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion: long-term stability

Feasibility and long-term stability of surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion with lateral osteotomy.

Surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME) has become a widely used and acceptable means to expand the maxilla in adolescents and adult patients. The method takes advantage of bone formation at the maxillary edges of the midline, while they are separated by an external force. The purpose of the present retrospective investigation was to evaluate the feasibility and long-term stabilit...

Surgically Assisted Maxillary Expansion

Maxillary protraction after surgically assisted maxillary expansion

This case report describes the orthodontic treatment of a 32-year-old woman with a Class III malocclusion, whose chief compliant was her dentofacial esthetics. The pretreatment lateral cephalometric tracings showed the presence of a Class III dentoskeletal malocclusion with components of maxillary deficiency. After discussion with the patient, the treatment option included surgically assisted r...

Aspergillosis associated with surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion

Surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARPE) is one of the most common orthognathic surgery operations for the treatment of maxillary transverse deficiencies. Although this operation is considered technically simple and has low complication rate, predisposing factors can complicate the postoperative period. In this case report, fistula formation and aspergillosis after SARPE operation we...

Long-term dental and skeletal changes in patients submitted to surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion: a meta-analysis.

OBJECTIVE This meta-analysis evaluated long-term dental and skeletal changes in patients submitted to surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion. METHODS A search was performed in electronic databases. Human clinical trials with patients submitted to surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion with a follow-up of at least 1 year after expansion were selected. A methodological quality sco...