Haoran Xu1, Shuai Chen2,*, Xue Song1,3, Jingying Wang1,*
Molecular & Cellular Biomechanics, Vol.20, No.1, pp. 15-22, 2023, DOI:10.32604/mcb.2023.029107
Abstract Clinically, it is common for Class III patients with maxillary skeletal deficiency, which may result in a variety of
adverse consequences. Protraction headgear and rapid maxillary expansion (PE) is an effective treatment, but its
effect on upper airway hydrodynamics has not been reported. The main purpose of this study was to evaluate the
changes of the flow in the upper airway after PE by computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The sample includes
fifteen patients (6 males, 9 females, age 11.00 ± 1.00) and the paired T-test was used to analyze the differences
between the measured data before and after treatment. The… More >
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