Rapid Maxillary Expansion
Padmakumar, Vinayak / Hegde, Amitha / Shetty, Rajmohan Y. Rapid maxillary expansion (RME) occupies unique niche in dentofacial therapy. Rapid Maxillary expansion or Split palate is a skeletal type of expansion that involves the separation of the mid-palatal suture and movement of the maxillary shelves away from each other.The stability of this procedure have thrown a new light on its clinical application. Whether it is slow, rapid or semi rapid expansion, proper diagnosis and case assessment is very ...