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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Orthod Dentofacial Orthop. 2017 May;151(5):887–897. doi: 10.1016/j.ajodo.2016.10.025

Fig 1.

Fig 1

3D virtual models of dry skull with bone-borne expander. A, Model to be used for FEA simulation of expansion prior to midpalatal suture opening. B, Model to be used for FEA simulation of expansion after midpalatal suture opening. Transverse displacement will be measured at points A,B, and C.