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From: Osteo-regeneration personalized for children by rapid maxillary expansion: an imaging study based on synchrotron radiation microtomography

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a Portion of the “intensity vs. gray levels” profile. The grey levels are proportional to the linear attenuation coefficient μ that, in turns, is nearly proportional to ρ, the bone mineral density (BMD). The integrated areas of the represented peaks correspond to the newly formed mineralized bone volume in RME-treated midpalatal sites and in the control. b-d Representative 2D sections of the treated palatal sites 7 days (b) and 30 days (c) after RME, and of the palatal control (d). The thickness of the suture channel was similar to that of the control suture (400–700 μm, yellow arrows), showing that the storiform way of remineralization was already started 7 days after RME

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