Long-term dental and skeletal changes following SARPE.

while the other studies have follow-up after the end of ortho treatment. 2) The short-term data were pooledwith longer-term data that ranged from 2 to 6 years at follow-up. Moreover, the observation time points differ among the studies. Three studies report the maximum expansion point at the end of the distraction period being their T2 while other studies report an expansion point taken at the end of ortho treatment. The study of Kurt et al. recruited in the Surgically Assisted Rapid Palatal Expansion (SARPE) group 4 patients who underwent orthopedic expansion that had failed.