space maintainer

space maintainer
space main·tain·er -mān-'tā-nər n a temporary orthodontic appliance used following the loss or extraction of a tooth (as a milk tooth) to prevent the shifting of adjacent teeth into the resulting space called also space retainer

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an orthodontic appliance that maintains an existing space in the dentition.

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1. an orthodontic appliance, fixed or removable, that maintains the space left by a prematurely lost tooth or the space to be filled by a tooth not yet erupted. See also under regainer and retainer. 2. separator (def. 2).

Band and loop space maintainer in place after extraction of a primary first molar.


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