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Fig. 3

From: Adult maxillary expansion: CBCT evaluation of skeletal changes and determining an efficiency factor between force-controlled polycyclic slow activation and continuous rapid activation for mini-screw-assisted palatal expansion - MASPE vs. MARPE

Fig. 3

a) Intercanine distance measured between apices and cusps. After 3 months midpalatal suture starts to close with gradual bone margin appositions (red lines). b) Intermolar distance between palatal apex and palatal cusp of the first permanent upper molars

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