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Handouts

S332 Fleer.pdf (1.7 MB)

Several clinical articles have addressed the use of temporary anchorage devices to expand the palate in patients considered too old for conventional expansion. Review of conventional palatal expansion i-CAT studies finds a 35-40% skeletal expansion at the level of the first molars. Our i-CAT study found that this TAD-supported expander had a 70% skeletal expansion on a sample of older (under 25) patients. The speaker will illustrate this technique for TAD placement and present multiple cases.

1. Provide patients with an alternative treatment option to surgically assisted palatal expansion; and
2. Employ a TAD-supported expander for select patients in an office visit.