Primary study · included by 1 review

Dentoperiodontal and skeletal changes induced by miniscrew-assisted rapid maxillary expansion (C-expander) treatment in adults: A retrospective clinical trial

Zhong 2024 · Zhong Xiaohuan, Wang Huixin · American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics · 2024

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Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
SNA angle (degrees)
Miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) or maxillary skeletal expansion (MSE), nonsurgical vs Pretreatment baseline (self-controlled before-after comparison) · After expansion (end of active expansion or up to 3 months post-expansion) versus pretreatment
MD 0.8 [0.08, 1.53]5 studiesGRADE not reported
MP-FH angle (degrees)
Miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) or maxillary skeletal expansion (MSE), nonsurgical vs Pretreatment baseline (self-controlled before-after comparison) · After expansion (end of active expansion or up to 3 months post-expansion) versus pretreatment
MD 1.09 [-1.7, 3.89]2 studies · 49 participantsGRADE not reported
SNA angle (degrees)
Miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) or maxillary skeletal expansion (MSE), nonsurgical vs Pretreatment baseline (self-controlled before-after comparison) · After expansion (end of active expansion or up to 3 months post-expansion) versus pretreatment
MD 0.83 [0.07, 1.6]5 studiesGRADE not reported
SNA angle (degrees)
Miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) or maxillary skeletal expansion (MSE), nonsurgical vs Pretreatment baseline (self-controlled before-after comparison) · After expansion (end of active expansion or up to 3 months post-expansion) versus pretreatment
MD 0.74 [0.01, 1.47]5 studiesGRADE not reported
SNA angle (degrees)
Miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) or maxillary skeletal expansion (MSE), nonsurgical vs Pretreatment baseline (self-controlled before-after comparison) · After expansion (end of active expansion or up to 3 months post-expansion) versus pretreatment
MD 0.83 [-0.02, 1.68]5 studiesGRADE not reported
SNA angle (degrees)
Miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) or maxillary skeletal expansion (MSE), nonsurgical vs Pretreatment baseline (self-controlled before-after comparison) · After expansion (end of active expansion or up to 3 months post-expansion) versus pretreatment
MD 0.61 [-0.21, 1.44]5 studiesGRADE not reported
SNA angle (degrees)
Miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) or maxillary skeletal expansion (MSE), nonsurgical vs Pretreatment baseline (self-controlled before-after comparison) · After expansion (end of active expansion or up to 3 months post-expansion) versus pretreatment
MD 0.79 [0.08, 1.5]6 studies · 151 participantsGRADE not reported
SNA angle (degrees)
Miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) or maxillary skeletal expansion (MSE), nonsurgical vs Pretreatment baseline (self-controlled before-after comparison) · After expansion (end of active expansion or up to 3 months post-expansion) versus pretreatment
MD 0.92 [0.12, 1.72]5 studiesGRADE not reported

1 including review in total.