From: Tomographic assessment of palatal suture opening pattern and pterygopalatine suture disarticulation in the axial plane after midfacial skeletal expansion
Parameter
Males
Females
P value
Split of medial pterygoid plates on Rt and Lt PPS
1/20 (5.0%)
4/30 (13.3%)
0.636
Split of PPS on Rt side only
2/20 (10.0%)
1/30 (3.3%)
0.556