• Surgically assisted rapid palatal expansion (SARPE), also known as surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion (SARME), is a technique in the field of orthodontics which is used to expand the maxillary arch. (wikipedia.org)
  • Aim: To evaluate prospectively the upper airway of 16 patients submitted to surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion. (bvsalud.org)
  • Skeletal maturity or adult patients Fused intermaxillary suture Transverse maxillary hypoplasia Bilateral posterior crossbite Previous failure of use of any other expansion devices Dental crowding due to lack of space in the maxilla to accommodate all the teeth of the upper arch Obstructive sleep apnea (in patients with a narrow palate) SARPE is performed to address the transverse dimension changes in a patient. (wikipedia.org)
  • The procedure of SARPE was done with pterygoid plate separation to achieve the transverse expansion of the maxilla. (wikipedia.org)
  • In an earlier study published in 2008, the same authors stated that about one-third of the transverse dental expansion obtained with SARPE is lost, however the skeletal expansion remains the same. (wikipedia.org)
  • They also stated that post-surgical relapse with SARPE was similar to the changes in dental arch dimensions after non-surgical rapid palatal expansion, and also quite similar to dental arch changes after segmental maxillary osteotomy for expansion. (wikipedia.org)
  • Surgically, assisted rapid palatal expansion has been the treatment of choice to resolve posterior crossbite in skeletally mature patients. (apospublications.com)
  • This procedure is primarily done in adult patients whose maxillary sutures are fused and cannot be expanded via other techniques. (wikipedia.org)
  • [ 3 ] In the case of skeletally immature patients, orthopedic rapid maxillary expansion (RME) that involves opening of the midpalatal suture is mainly the procedure of choice to correct this condition. (apospublications.com)