Effects of Palatal Expansion with Torque Activation using a Transpalatal Arch: A Preliminary Single-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial

Table 1

Sample characteristics.

Group	Crossbite side	Occlusion	Sex	Age (Years ^Months)
Group 1-Control (symmetrical expansion)	Right	CL I	Male	10^6
	Left	CL I	Female	11
	Right	CL II, SUB, R	Male	9^3
	Left	CL I	Female	11^2
	Right	CL I	Male	10^7
	Left	CL I	Male	13^2
	Left	CL I	Male	12^4
	Left	CL II	Female	15^2
	Right	CL I	Female	11
	Left	CL I	Female	7^2
	Left	CL I	Male	15^6
	Right	CL I	Female	9^5
	Right	CL I	Female	11^3
	Right	CL I	Female	11^6
	Right	CL I	Male	11^7
Group 2-Experimental (torque activation)	Right	CL I	Male	8^6
	Left	CL I	Female	10^2
	Right	CL I	Female	8^3
	Left	CL I	Female	10^4
	Right	CL I	Female	9^8
	Left	CL I	Male	11^5
	Right	CL I	Female	10^3
	Left	CL I	Male	10^6
	Left	CL I	Female	9^4
	Left	CL I	Female	15^6
	Right	CL I	Female	11^5
	Right	CL I	Male	11
	Left	CL I	Female	13^2
	Left	CL II	Female	10^1
	Left	CL I	Female	9^3