Corticopuncture Facilitated Microimplant-Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion

Table 1

CBCT measurements before and after expansion [32].

Measurements	Initial		After expansion
	Premolar	Molar	Premolar	Molar
Basal bone width (mm)	42.54	59.35	46.84	62.38
Cortical bone width (mm)	46.45	57.41	50.88	60.51
Midpalatal suture split (mm)	0	0	3.14	2.06
Tooth inclination (degree)	85.2° right; 90.6° left	89.4° right; 92.1° left	86.5° right; 91.5° left	90.3° right; 93.8° left