Abstract
Abstract
Purpose
The effects of rapid maxillary expansion (RME) on the transverse palatine and midfacial sutures have been extensively scrutinized. Unlike the dentition stage, age-dependency was not yet regarded when investigating morphological changes of the tooth-bearing palate. Therefore, the first aim of the present study was to analyse age-dependent sutural and morphological changes of the palate in selected patients by cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) and dental cast analysis. Secondly, age-dependent effects of RME on width, height, and depth of the palate in the region of the maxillary palatine processes were investigated by a comprehensive dental cast study, so that the combination of results could be used to provide a biomechanical explanation of the occurring changes.
Methods
CBCT datasets of 9 patients (between 7.3 and 13.8 years) were measured around the median palatal suture and compared with the results of an individualised dental cast analysis. In addition, possible effects on other maxillary sutures were investigated. In the dental cast study, changes after RME in the tooth-bearing palate were analysed three-dimensionally in 60 children and adolescents. It was possible to divide those into three equally sized, age-dependant groups (PG1: < 10 years, n = 20; PG2: ≥ 10 < 12 years, n = 20; PG3: ≥ 12 years, n = 20).
Results
The CBCT analysis reveals age-related differences in sutural responses. The opening width of the median palatine suture decreases cranially (frontal) and dorsally (horizontal). The opening mode thus changes from parallel to triangular in both planes. The transverse palatine suture completely opens in younger patients only (PG1 and PG2). The width increases are always significant in all patients. While in PG1 the width increase is greater posteriorly than anteriorly, this is always reversed in PG2 and PG3. The palatal height always increases significantly anteriorly, but posteriorly only in the youngest patients (PG 1) median and paramedian. In PG 2 and PG 3, the posterior height change is very small. That is the reason why the anteroposterior comparison reveals a much more pronounced height increase anteriorly than posteriorly.
Conclusion
The comparison of selected CBCT data with a dental cast analysis allows the conclusion that the maxillary expansion after RME in children up to 10 years is rather parallel, whereas it occurs V‑shaped (anterior > posterior transversal, inferior > superior vertical) with increasing age, especially in adolescents from the age of 12. In addition to an age-progressive rigidity of the pterygopalatomaxillary junction, morphological changes of the transverse palatine suture during growth seem to be causal. Thus, age-dependent effects of palatal expansion occur due to a positional change of maxillary centres of rotation and resistance. From dental cast measurements, especially at the skeletal–basal level, conclusions can be drawn about the median palatal suture opening mode.
Funder
Universitätsklinikum des Saarlandes und Medizinische Fakultät der Universität des Saarlandes
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Subject
Oral Surgery,Orthodontics
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