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General Category => Functional Surgery Questions => Topic started by: berback on February 23, 2016, 04:43:57 PM

Title: Sarpe expansion
Post by: berback on February 23, 2016, 04:43:57 PM: Sarpe can widen the palate, obviously, but does sarpe widen the complete palate, back and front, equally?
Title: Re: Sarpe expansion
Post by: Schrödingers Jaw on February 23, 2016, 05:19:32 PM: Are you even a candidate?

Not anyone can get SARPE
Title: Re: Sarpe expansion
Post by: Lazlo on February 23, 2016, 05:27:46 PM: Quote from: Schrödingers Jaw on February 23, 2016, 05:19:32 PM
Are you even a candidate?

Not anyone can get SARPE

no it does so aesthetically, so you have a pleasing shape.
Title: Re: Sarpe expansion
Post by: Schrödingers Jaw on February 24, 2016, 06:26:47 AM: Quote from: Lazlo on February 23, 2016, 05:27:46 PM

no it does so aesthetically, so you have a pleasing shape.

To get SARPE your upper palate has to be smaller than your lower.

Isn't that right?
Title: Re: Sarpe expansion
Post by: thinkingme on February 24, 2016, 07:09:03 AM: in some cases sarpe can be done at two palate but widening mandible is so rare. generally u are right ur upper has to be smaller than ur lower for sarpe
Title: Re: Sarpe expansion
Post by: JimmyTheGent on February 25, 2016, 01:29:04 PM: What if you got SARPE on the top and wilckodontics on the bottom to widen the dental arch to accommodate the new wider maxilla??