ArticleCureus2025
Innovations in Band and Loop Space Maintainers: Transition From Conventional to Advanced.
Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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Abstract
Primary dentition helps jaw development, mastication, speech, and esthetics and guides and maintains space for the permanent successors until they erupt. Premature tooth loss due to dental trauma and caries is an emerging concern in pediatric patients, necessitating space maintenance to prevent loss of arch length and maintain space for developing permanent teeth. Innovations in conventional space maintainers have significantly improved patient and operator comfort by reducing chairside time and increasing durability and operative efficacy. This case series is a compilation of five cases of young children in the age group of five to seven years with non-restorable primary molars requiring extraction. Clinical examination, radiographic assessment, and space analysis indicated the need for space management in each case. Different modified and innovative types of band and loop space maintainers were customized to the needs of each patient. Six-month follow-up showed satisfactory space maintenance and patient comfort in three cases. Early intervention with space maintainers customized to each case was found crucial for the prevention of arch length loss and malocclusion. Modifications based on individual patient requirements significantly improved success, patient compliance, and comfort.
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