TY - JOUR AU - Hartono, Nathania AU - Soegiharto, Benny M. AU - Widayati, Retno PY - 2018 DA - 2018/10/03 TI - The difference of stress distribution of maxillary expansion using rapid maxillary expander (RME) and maxillary skeletal expander (MSE)—a finite element analysis JO - Progress in Orthodontics SP - 33 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Maxillary skeletal expander (MSE) in combination with miniscrews was developed to overcome the drawbacks that may have resulted from the application of conventional rapid maxillary expander (RME). This research was conducted to analyze the difference of stress distribution of maxillary expansion using RME and MSE in the region of interests (ROIs): first molars (M1), palatal alveolar bones of M1, palatine sutures, zygomatic sutures, miniscrews, and their surrounding bones. SN - 2196-1042 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s40510-018-0229-x DO - 10.1186/s40510-018-0229-x ID - Hartono2018 ER -