Assessment of respiratory muscle strength and airflow before and after microimplant-assisted rapid palatal expansion.

CONCLUSIONS:: Skeletal changes promoted by MARPE directly affected airway volume, resulting in a significant improvement in muscle strength and nasal and oral peak flow.
PMID: 30896250 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The Angle Orthodontist - March 20, 2019 Category: Dentistry Authors: Storto CJ, Garcez AS, Suzuki H, Cusmanich KG, Elkenawy I, Moon W, Suzuki SS Tags: Angle Orthod Source Type: research