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Miniscrew-assisted slow palatal expansion with bone borne expander in adult patients: a case control study on
Objectives:
To compare a slow, rapid activation protocol for miniscrew-assisted maxillary expansion in adults.
Materials And Methods:
Fifteen consecutive adult patients underwent miniscrew-assisted slow palatal expansion (MASPE) using a bone borne device. A control group treated with miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) was matched for initial demographic data and expansion need.
Results:
No statistically significant differences in bispinal expansion were observed between the MASPE and MARPE groups at the anterior, middle, or posterior levels.
Conclusions:
MASPE successfully achieved skeletal expansion of the maxilla in 86.7% of adult patients treated. The expansion pattern and results were comparable to MARPE.
