Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 166-174 , April 2010

A systematic review of the effects of bone-borne surgical assisted rapid maxillary expansion

  • Jeroen Verstraaten, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics and Oral Biology (Head of the department: Prof. A.M. Kuijpers-Jagtman, DDS, PhD, FDSRCS (Eng)), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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  • Anne M. Kuijpers-Jagtman, DDS, PhD, FDSRCS (Eng)

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics and Oral Biology (Head of the department: Prof. A.M. Kuijpers-Jagtman, DDS, PhD, FDSRCS (Eng)), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationProf. A.M. KUIJPERS-JAGTMAN, DDS, PhD, FDSRCS (Eng), Department of Orthodontics and Oral Biology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, 309 Dentistry, PO Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 24 3614005; Fax: +31 24 3540631.
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  • Maurice Y. Mommaerts, MD, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Maxillo-Facial Surgery, Department of Surgery, General Hospital St. Jan, Bruges, Belgium
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  • Stefaan J. Bergé, MD, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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  • Rania M. Nada, DDS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics and Oral Biology (Head of the department: Prof. A.M. Kuijpers-Jagtman, DDS, PhD, FDSRCS (Eng)), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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  • Jan G.J.H. Schols, DDS, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthodontics and Oral Biology (Head of the department: Prof. A.M. Kuijpers-Jagtman, DDS, PhD, FDSRCS (Eng)), Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, The Netherlands
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  • In collaboration with the Eurocran Distraction Osteogenesis Group

Received 1 September 2008 ,Accepted 3 June 2009.

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☆ This study is part of Eurocran (European Collaboration on Craniofacial Anomalies) and was funded by the EU-Framework-V Program, grant number QLG1-CT-2000-01019.

PII: S1010-5182(09)00112-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcms.2009.06.006

Journal of Cranio-Maxillo-Facial Surgery
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 166-174 , April 2010

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