The short- and long-term changes of upper airway and alar in nongrowing patients treated with Mini-Implant Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion (MARPE): a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Main Authors: Cuiyu Liu (Author), Kaixin Wang (Author), Chunmiao Jiang (Author), Yang Zhao (Author), Yiyan Zhang (Author), Qianwen Zhang (Author), Cunhui Fan (Author), Yang Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Objective This study aims to assess the short- and long-term changes in the upper airway and alar width after mini-implant -assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) in nongrowing patients. Methods Five electronic databases (PubMed, Scopus, Embase, Web of Science, and Cochrane Library) were...