Short term effects of rapid maxillary expansion on breathing function assessed with spirometry: A case-control study

• Main Authors: Andrea Abate (Author), Davide Cavagnetto (Author), Andrea Fama (Author), Marco Matarese (Author), Danilo Lucarelli (Author), Fausto Assandri (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: The aim of this work is to evaluate changes following rapid maxillary expansion (RME) on breathing function in two groups of patients: mouth breathers and nasal breathers. Materials and methods: Twenty-five oral breather patients (12 male, 13 female, mean age 15.2 ± 1.3), and 25 nasal br...