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Zenodo
2025
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14783893 |
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- <p><span>This study aimed to assess the short- and long-term effects of rapid maxillary expansion (RME) in growing patients with Class II malocclusion and anterior open bite. A retrospective cohort study was conducted with 16 growing patients treated with a rapid maxillary expander (RME) combined with a crib (treatment group, TG) and 16 untreated patients with similar malocclusion (control group, CG). Cephalometric analyses were performed at three time points: before treatment (T0), at the end of the latency phase (T1), and prior to fixed appliance therapy (T2), to evaluate skeletal and dental changes in vertical, transverse, and sagittal dimensions. Statistical analysis was conducted with a significance level of </span><span>α</span><span> = 0.05.</span></p>