Clinical Message:
Crowding can be corrected by tooth material reduction and arch width
expansion. Expansion enables orthodontists to increase the dental arch
perimeter by widening the jaws; this resolves crowding and helps
accommodate and align existing teeth.
Keywords: severe dental crowding, non-extraction orthodontic
treatment, rapid palatal expansion, miniscrew-assisted rapid maxillary
expansion, rapid palatal expansion with skeletal anchorage