Nonsurgical Rapid Maxillary Expansion in Adults: Report on 47 Cases Using the Haas Expander

Angle Orthodontist

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 129-144

  Handelman, Chester S ^a,b   Wang, Lin ^c   BeGole, Ellen A ^a   Haas, Andrew J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Nanjing Medical University ^*  (United States)

^c NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adult treatment; Gingival recession; Haas expander; Mandibular rotation; Maxillary expansion; Posterior crossbite; Surgically assisted maxillary expansion; Transverse dimension

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; FEMALE; GINGIVA DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; JAW; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR TOOTH; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; ORTHODONTIC DEVICE; ORTHODONTICS; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROTATION; TOOTH ARCH; TOOTH CROWN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALVEOLAR PROCESS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CEPHALOMETRY; CHILD; DENTAL ARCH; FEMALE; GINGIVAL RECESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MALOCCLUSION; MANDIBLE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLAR; ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCES; PALATAL EXPANSION TECHNIQUE; RECURRENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROTATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TOOTH CROWN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034170905     PISSN: 00033219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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