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Requena Pérez, Mariano & Zubizarreta Macho, Álvaro & Colino Gallardo, Pedro & Albaladejo Martínez, Alberto & Garcovich, Daniele & Alvarado Lorenzo, Alfonso .Novel Digital Measurement Technique to Analyze the Palatine Suture Expansion after Palatine Rapid Maxillary Expansion Technique.
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Requena Pérez, Mariano & Zubizarreta Macho, Álvaro & Colino Gallardo, Pedro & Albaladejo Martínez, Alberto & Garcovich, Daniele & Alvarado Lorenzo, Alfonso. Novel Digital Measurement Technique to Analyze the Palatine Suture Expansion after Palatine Rapid Maxillary Expansion Technique.
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12080/25918
Resumen:
The aim of the study was to validate a novel digital measurement method to quantify the
volume of the midpalatal suture after rapid maxillary expansion (RME). Material and methods: Eight
patients with maxillary skeletal transverse deficiency were submitted to palatine suture expansion
using the McNamara orthodontic appliance during a period of nine months. After 30 days of
treatment, all patients were exposed postoperatively to a cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT)
scan. Afterwards, the scans were uploaded into the three-dimensional orthodontic-planning software
to allow the volumetric assessment of the palatine suture expansion through palatine rapid maxillary
expansion using a McNamara appliance. The repeatability was analyzed by repeating twice the
measures by a single operator and reproducibility was analyzed by repeating three times the measures
by two operators, and Gage R&R statistical analysis was performed. Results: The expansion of the
midpalatal suture by means of the rapid maxillary expansion technique, in terms of digital volume
measurement, showed a repeatability value of 0.09% and between the two operators a reproducibility
value of 0.00% was shown. Conclusions: The novel measurement technique demonstrated a high
repeatability and reproducibility rate for volume assessment of the palatine suture expansion through
palatine rapid maxillary expansion technique.