This decommissioned ERA site remains active temporarily to support our final migration steps to https://ualberta.scholaris.ca, ERA's new home. All new collections and items, including Spring 2025 theses, are at that site. For assistance, please contact erahelp@ualberta.ca.
Search
Skip to Search Results- 3Maxillary expansion
- 1 Invisalign
- 1Biomechanics
- 1Investigating the effect of Invisalign clear aligners on nasal airway volume
- 1MARPE
- 1Orthodontics
-
Modeling the Midpalatal Suture during Maxillary Expansion Treatment and its Implication towards Appliance Design
DownloadFall 2014
Widening the maxilla, or upper jaw, is a common treatment in orthodontics used to generate additional room in the correction of tooth misalignments. Expansion is achieved through activation of an appliance inserted in the patients’ upper jaw. Currently, appliances utilizing expansion screws,...
-
Soft tissue facial changes in patients 18 years or older after bone-anchored maxillary expansion - a pilot study
DownloadFall 2024
Abstract Introduction: Maxillary expansion is a therapeutic modality utilized by orthodontists in order to increase the transverse dimension of the maxilla and correct transverse maxillary discrepancies that is commonly utilized in cases with posterior crossbite and maxillary crowding. This...
-
The Effect of Upper Arch Expansion by clear aligners on Nasal Airway Volume in Children and Adults
DownloadFall 2022
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects more than 900 million people around the world (Benjafield et al., 2019). OSA occurs due to obstruction of the airway at different levels of the airway, including upper and lower pharyngeal constrictions due to narrow upper jaw and underdeveloped/backward...