Question 217 · LDEK · Crossbite and scissor bite
In order for achieving orthopaedic expansion of the maxilla using RPE method, it is advisable to conduct treatment in:
- A. adolescents during growth spurt.
- B. children before growth spurt.
- C. children before eruption of all primary teeth.
- D. children after eruption of all permanent teeth.
- E. adolescents before eruption of third molars.
Hint
The midpalatal suture becomes more interdigitated and ossified with age; consider when the skeletal response to expansion is greatest.
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