Comparison and evaluation of stresses generated by rapid maxillary expansion and the implant-supported rapid maxillary expansion on the craniofacial structures using finite element method of stress analysis

• Main Authors: Varun Jain (Author), Tarulatha R. Shyagali (Author), Prabhuraj Kambalyal (Author), Yagnesh Rajpara (Author), Jigar Doshi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SpringerOpen, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The study aimed to evaluate and compare the stress distribution and 3-dimensional displacements along the craniofacial sutures in between the Rapid maxillary Expansion (RME) and Implant supported RME (I-RME). Methods Finite element model of the skull and the implants were create...