Three Dimensional Evaluation of Dento-Skeletal Effects of Leaf Self Expander in Cleft Lip and Palate Patients

Overview

This study aims to evaluate the dento-alveolar changes after maxillary expansion in cleft lip and palate patients by Leaf Self Expander, as compared to conventional Rapid Maxillary Expander using digital cast analysis and three-dimensional cone-beam computed tomography.

Orofacial clefts are the most prevalent among congenital malformations, which can involve the upper lip, alveolar ridge or/and the palate and, in general, cause esthetic, functional, and psychosocial impairments in different magnitudes, depending on its location and extension. The Leaf Self Expander (LSE) is a new technology that similar to LE in design except absence of the reactivation screw and respects the principle of producing predetermined light, constant forces, without any intervention by the patient, parents or orthodontist. Where it is composed of three leaf springs compressed by the laboratory before delivery, it is deactivated spontaneously until the programmed expansion is achieved.

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