Primary study · included by 1 review

Long-term effects on alveolar bone with bone-anchored and tooth-anchored rapid palatal expansion.

Mehta 2022 · Mehta Shivam, Wang Dennis, Upadhyay Madhur, et al. · American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics · 2022

Included by

Long-Term Effects of Three Different Appliances for Rapid Maxillary Expansion: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Non-Cochrane · intervention · 2026 · cited as Mehta 2022 · Reference list 26-34; Table 2

Outcome this study informs	Pooled effect	Evidence	Certainty
Skeletal maxillary expansion Tooth-borne (TB) rapid maxillary expander vs Bone-borne (BB) rapid maxillary expander · 6 months post-expansion	MD -1.24 [-4.34, 1.85]	3 studies · 108 participants	Very low
Dental maxillary expansion Tooth-borne (TB) rapid maxillary expander vs Bone-borne (BB) rapid maxillary expander · 6 months post-expansion	MD -0.09 [-0.77, 0.59]	4 studies · 148 participants	Very low
Skeletal maxillary expansion Tooth-borne (TB) rapid maxillary expander vs Bone-borne (BB) rapid maxillary expander · more than 1 year post-expansion	MD 0.10 [-0.94, 1.14]	2 studies · 82 participants	GRADE not reported
Dental maxillary expansion Tooth-borne (TB) rapid maxillary expander vs Bone-borne (BB) rapid maxillary expander · more than 1 year post-expansion	MD 0.17 [-0.79, 1.12]	2 studies · 82 participants	GRADE not reported

1 including review in total.