Posterior crossbite - treatment and stability

Posterior crossbite is defined as an inadequate transversal relationship of maxillary and mandibular teeth. Even when eliminating the etiologic factors, this malocclusion does not have a spontaneous correction, and should be treated with maxillary expansion as early as possible. This treatment aims...

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Main Authors: Renato Rodrigues de Almeida, Marcio Rodrigues de Almeida, Paula Vanessa Pedron Oltramari-Navarro, Ana Cláudia de Castro Ferreira Conti, Ricardo de Lima Navarro, Henry Victor Alves Marques
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2012-04-01
Series:Journal of Applied Oral Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-77572012000200026