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Fig. 3

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

Fig. 3

3D microCT rendering of the biopsies retrieved 7 days (a) and 30 days (b) after the RME. Both the specimens clearly showed the meshwork of the bone perforated by non-mineralized spaces. The direction indicated by the red arrows corresponded to the section plane of histological and SEM micrographs. The right image offers a better view of the canals (yellow arrows) that cross the whole thickness of the bone to reach the sutural channel

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