| space maintainer |
An appliance to maintain the space in between teeth.
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| space maintainer |
A removable or fixed appliance designed to maintain an existing space in a DENTAL ARCH. Space maintainers are usually fitted in children when they have lost DECIDUOUS or baby teeth early, and the gap left needs to be held open to allow the PERMANENT or adult tooth to erupt in the correct position. There are many different designs of space maintainer, and the materials normally used are metal or acrylic.
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| space maintainer |
An appliance used to prevent adjacent and opposing teeth from moving into the space left by the loss of a tooth
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