pISSN 2234-7518
eISSN 2005-372X
eISSN 2005-372X
Inclusion and exclusion criteria: PICOS framework
| Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
|---|---|
| Participants (P) | |
- Adult - Maxillary transverse deficiency |
- Children, Growing - Systemic disease/craniofacial anomalies/syndrome |
| Intervention (I) | |
- Non orthognatic surgery - 4 microimplant assisted rapid maxillary expansion - MARPE, MSE, MARME |
- - Finite element study - RME, RPE, SARPE, SARME - Bone distraction - Tooth borne RME - 2 microimplant assisted rapid maxillary expansion |
| Comparison (C): compared vs. post treatment or MARPE vs. SARPE | |
| Outcome measures (O) | |
- Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) - Skeletal and dental changes |
- Non- CBCT |
| Study design (S) | |
- Randomized controlled trial (RCT) - Cohort study - Case-control study - One-group pretest-posttest design |
- Case report/Case series/Opinions/Letter to editor - Narrative review/Summary - Systematic review/Meta-analysis - Non-English |
RME, rapid maxillary expansion; RPE, rapid palatal expansion; MARME, microimplant assisted rapid maxillary expansion; MARPE, miniscrew assisted rapid palatal expansion; MSE, maxillary skeletal expansion; SARME, surgically-assisted RME; SARPE, surgically-assisted RPE.