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Custom MARPE appliances, designed to your preferences and sent to you for approval before we 3D print them, in 4, 6 or 8 eyelet designs for teens and adults.
MARPE and Surgical Wires MARPE (4, 6 and 8 Eyelet) The whole appliance is 3D printed except the archwire tubes and the expansion screw, and it comes with Tyger Power Screws from 8 to 16 mm. We fit the largest screw the palate allows. The appliance then becomes the surgical stent for placing the TADs, and we've been making TAD appliances for 20 years.
Anchorage
Miniscrews plus two printed bands
Patient age
Late adolescents and adults
Correction
Skeletal transverse
Compliance
Screw turns at home
Turnaround
10 business days or faster
When it’s the right call.
Use it when
Transverse maxillary deficiency after suture maturation
Adults you'd otherwise refer for SARPE
Posterior crossbite in a late adolescent
Cases where you want the design approved before printing
Consider another appliance when
The patient is still growing and the suture is open See Haas
Options you can prescribe.
Eyelet count
Choose four, six or eight miniscrew eyelets to match the anchorage the palate allows.
Screw
Tyger Power Screws in 8, 10, 12, 14 or 16 mm. We fit the largest that suits.
Material
Stainless steel or chromium cobalt.
Design approval
Review and approve the digital design before we print anything.
Still deciding which skeletal expander?
Suture maturity, where the palate allows miniscrews, and how much of the load you want on the teeth. Those three narrow the choice.
What every MARPE (4, 6 and 8 Eyelet)
case needs.
Send these with the case and it goes straight onto the bench. If anything’s missing, we call you before we start.
Upper and lower digital scans
Your preferences for screw position and eyelet count
A CBCT, if you've added CBCT planning
The completed Rx sheet, with your design choices marked
Your sign-off on the digital design before we print
Your requested return date, so we schedule the case back from it
Resources for the MARPE (4, 6 and 8 Eyelet)
The Rx sheet, instructions for use and chairside guides, ready to download or share with your team.
From the Education library
Questions about the MARPE (4, 6 and 8 Eyelet).
Where can I get a custom MARPE expander?
From us. Send a digital case with your design preferences, approve the design, and we print it.
How much is a MARPE?
Pricing sits behind your account login, so log in to see it or open an account. Cost depends on the design, the screw size and the eyelet system.
Which MARPE screws do you use?
Tyger Power Screws in 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16 mm. We select the largest screw that fits the patient's palate.
Can I see the MARPE design before it's printed?
Yes. We send every design to you for approval before printing starts.
Is the MARPE device fully 3D printed?
Yes, except the archwire tubes and the expansion screw. It's a 3D printed MARPE built from your scan.
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