PEARLS
Inserting Auxiliary Springs into the Acrylic of Rapid Palatal Expanders
This Pearl shows how to add a removable finger spring to a standard Haas expander by embedding a tube into the acrylic. The spring can then be used to correct simple problems such as anterior crossbite or midline shift during the passive stabilization period after expansion.
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