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From: Comparison of dentoskeletal and soft tissue changes between tooth-borne and tooth-bone-borne hybrid nonsurgical rapid maxillary expansions in adults: a retrospective observational study

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Transverse dentoskeletal variables assessed in the posteroanterior cephalogram. (1) facial width (mm): the distance between the left and right zygia (the most lateral aspect of the zygomatic arch); (2) nasal width (mm): the longest distance between left and right lateral bony walls of the nasal cavity; (3) maxillary width (mm): the distance between left and right jugal points (intersection of the maxillary tuberosity and outline of the zygomatic buttress); (4) intermolar root width (mm): the distance between left and right buccal root tips of the maxillary first molars; (5) intermolar crown width (mm): the distance between the most lateral points on the buccal surfaces of the maxillary first molar crowns

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