Table 3.

Evaluation of the suture opening pattern in the coronal section and midpalatal suture expansion at the nasal and palatal floor levels.

Nasal Floor (NF)	Distance from right and left external edges of the palatine suture at the level of the nasal floor in the coronal view. On a coronal cross-sectional slice through the center of the first molar. The suture external edges were verified in the axial cross-sectional slice.
Palatal Floor (PF)	Distance from right and left external edges of the palatine suture at the level of the palatal floor. On a coronal cross-sectional slice through the center of the first molar. The suture external edges were verified in the axial cross-sectional slice.