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AAO Annual Session 2024 - Effects of Different Expansion Methods on the Airway and Posture at Different Ages
Date
May 6, 2024
Credits
0.5 CE
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This session will give a description of different expansion methods/protocols, including different styles of appliances and their effects on airway and posture. It will also describe these effects on different age groups. Data of patients treated with tooth-anchored expanders, bone-borne anchored expanders or braces alone will be presented to show these effects. The sample presented range from mixed dentition to adult permanent dentition.
Learning Objectives
- Differentiate maxillary expansion protocols.
- Differentiate maxillary expansion devices.
- Understand the advantages and disadvantages of applying maxillary expansion in different age groups and expectations in terms of airway/posture changes.
Speaker
Manuel O. Lagravère Vich, DDS, MSc, PhD
