[The use of orthodontic goniometry to study apical expansion, using Pr. Planas' method: neuro-occlusal...

In this work, the method of orthodontic goniometry is used, which is a simple technique and not expensive, that allows us to determine the apical expansion in the studied models. 42 patients are studied by means of the techniques of Neuro-Occlusal Rehabilitation. We reach by this method expansion to the level of the apex as far as 12 mm in the lower arch and 11 mm in the upper arch. A simple statistic analysis is made which shows an average of expansions of 7.76 mm at crown level of the upper arch and 8.11 mm at apex level; at the crown level of lower arch we get 6.43 mm and apex level 5.8 mm. We think these results are interesting and they should make us study in depth the Neuro-Occlusal Rehabilitation and its principles.