Table 4 Displacement (mm) at the dentition level in all three axes
Dentition level | Conventional HYRAX rapid maxillary expander | Bone-borne palatal expander | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cleft side | Non-cleft side | Cleft side | Non-cleft side | |||||||||
X-axis | Y-axis | Z-axis | X-axis | Y-axis | Z-axis | X-axis | Y-axis | Z-axis | X-axis | Y-axis | Z-axis | |
Canine cusp tip | 0.01589 | 0.06524 | 0.04360 | 0.09032 | 0.01959 | 0.05108 | 0.1227 | 0.07587 | 0.05691 | 0.01383 | 0.08800 | 0.03172 |
Pre-molar cusp tip | 0.01397 | 0.06710 | 0.04412 | 0.09397 | 0.01707 | 0.01019 | 0.1305 | 0.07964 | 0.06504 | 0.01331 | 0.06006 | 0.06641 |
Molar cusp tip | 0.01238 | 0.05594 | 0.04992 | 0.08420 | 0.01473 | 0.01053 | 0.1225 | 0.06189 | 0.07359 | 0.01397 | 0.05821 | 0.07001 |