Figure 1From: Evaluation of surgically assisted rapid maxillary expansion with piezosurgery versus oscillating saw and chisel osteotomy - a randomized prospective trial (A) Demonstrates the distraction device connected with the postoperative visible diastema. (B) Intraoral upper occlusion view shows the successful expansion of the maxilla postoperative. (C) Le-fort I osteotomy of the maxilla using a saw. (D) Schematic illustration demonstrating the osteotomy lines for surgical assisted rapid maxillary expansion.Back to article page