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MARPE Success
Most Studies done by clinical parties have concluded that MARPE works best in young people, specifically age 15 or below is when they noticed significant growth in all areas mentioned above - up to an 84%-87% success rate, above this age we start to jump into the young adult territory, to where they noticed only SLIGHT improvement in the zygos, maxilla, and nasal pathway. Yet again this is more reason for young individuals to look into this if they are lacking in the lower third. MARPE provides significant skeletal change, as shown in the graph below:
These are of course from individuals in the 15 and below category, with young adults, and adults only seeing changes in mostly the nasal cavity, which includes a wider nose, along with this they saw slight change in maxillary development, however for us looksmaxxers this is not much at all to be considered feasible or worth our time. And with changes like wider nose, it can easily become a failo due to an illusion showing the IPD as wider than it was before MARPE. As seen below on an adult skull, the white is before and the light blue are the changes (very slight).4. Stability of changes acquired with MARPE
Long-term stability reports were difficult to find. In an article presenting 30.2 13.2 months of follow-up results, the skeletal and dental expansion was stable with less than 0.5-mm change, and maxillary clinical crown heights did not change significantly, indicating favourable periodontal conditions. Another article with 1year post-expansion reported similar stable skeletal and dental changes. In addition, the decreased buccal bone thickness and increased palatal bone thickness experienced during expansion tended to return to pre-treatment pattern with increase in buccal bone thickness and decrease in palatal bone thickness during the follow-up period. The maxillary molar inclination, which had been buccally tipped immediately after expansion, was also returned. Both reports showed good stability of the maxillary expansion by MARPE without significant periodontal side effects. However, there have been few longer follow-up results, especially with post retention data. Moreover, various retention protocols after MARPE have been reported, pointing towards necessity for well established retention protocols.
For young individuals, MARPE is believed to majorly support breathing pathways, even supporting a young individual afflicted with sleep apnea, which was resolved 5 months into the regimen. However this will need to be studied by an orthodontist to assess whether the individual in question will benefit from MARPE for reasons like sleep apnea, especially if jaw growth is already healthy, as this risks widening the jaw beyond reasonable means, which even for non-blackpilled operators; may not be worth it whatsoever.
Below are scans taken which show improvements in young people...
MARPE for Aesthetics
The last thing you want is 2 - 3 extra surgeries required because you attempting to avoid 1 surgery (jaw).
Good Luck.


