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Ahmet Yagci1, Tancan Uysal, Serdar Usumez
1Erciyes University, Faculty of Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics, Kayseri, Turkey.
Objective:
To identify the effect of rapid maxillary expansion (RME) procedure on dynamic measurement of natural head position (NHP).
Materials And Methods:
The treatment group comprised 23 patients, 12 girls and 11 boys (mean age: 10.1 ± 1.1 years), and the control group comprised 15 subjects, 8 girls and 7 boys (mean age: 9.7 ± 1.4 years). The test subjects underwent RME treatment using full cap acrylic device, and the mean amount of expansion was 5.48 mm. An inclinometer and a portable data logger were used to collect the NHP data. Intragroup changes were evaluated by using nonparametric Wilcoxon test, and intergroup changes were analyzed with Mann-Whitney U-test. P values less than .05 were considered statistically significant.
Results:
The mean difference between initial and final NHP was 0.31°, and this difference was not statistically significant. Also, there were no statistically significant differences between the RME and control groups before and after treatment.
Conclusion:
Treatment with the RME procedure showed no statistically significant effects on dynamic measurement of NHP when compared with initial values or untreated control.
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