The comparison of biomechanical effects of the conventional and bone-borne palatal expanders on late adolescence with unilateral cleft palate: a 3-dimensional finite element analysis

Table 6 Stress distributions (MPa) at the craniofacial sutures after activation of the device in the different models

Positions	Type A		Type B
Positions	Cleft side	Non-cleft side	Cleft side	Non-cleft side
Nasomaxillary sutures	0.1091	0.0992	0.4039	0.4107
Frontomaxillary sutures	0.2898	0.2941	0.7361	0.6765
Zygomaticomaxillary sutures	0.1764	0.1507	0.4026	0.3648
Zygomaticofrontal sutures	0.9044	0.6037	2.0310	1.5310
Zygomaticotemporal sutures	0.6008	0.3222	1.4347	0.8118
Pteryomaxillary sutures	0.6604	0.6280	2.9119	2.1126

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