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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Aug 6.
Published in final edited form as: Bone. 2007 Feb 14;40(6):1483–1493. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2007.01.019

Figure 1. Midpalatal suture expansion in mice.

Figure 1

(A) Occlusal view of 6-weeks-old mouse maxilla. Experimental/expansion maxilla with the opening loop bonded to the first and second molars (left) and non-operated control (right).

(B) The F/Δ diagram for the opening loop. Deformation was measured for 10 different loops at three force levels. Linear regression analysis was performed to create the trend line (R2=0.98). Since the force-deflection curve was measured at room temperature ex vivo, it is likely that force-deflection is different when the loop is placed in vivo.