Children lose their deciduous teeth before their permanent teeth erupt. When should you place a spacer to hold the space, or when do you allow the space to remain vacant? Then, what type of spacer should you place in the extraction site? These are questions that will be answered in this course.
Children lose their teeth for a number of reasons, decay, blow to the mouth, etc. Usually anterior teeth will be lost from a blow to the mouth, and posterior teeth from decay. A blow to the mouth can exfoliate teeth, or sent them back up into the alveolar bone, or it can fracture them.
Exfoliate:
Depending on what stage the deciduous teeth are in will depend on the treatment. How soon will the permanent teeth be coming in? Also, you need to note early removal of deciduous teeth will make it very difficult for the permanent teeth to erupt. The alveolar bone closes over the erupting permanent tooth sealing the tooth in the alveolar bone. Therefore, how close is the permanent....