Case Report

Year : 2020 | Volume : 5 | Issue : 2 | Page : 80-83

Removable Functional Space Maintainer for Esthetic Rehabilitation of a Child with Severe Early Childhood Caries

Amita Rai, Bandana Koirala1, Mamta Dali1, Sneha Shrestha1

Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, People's Dental College and Hospital, Kathmandu, 1 Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, College of Dental Surgery, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal

Address for correspondence:

Dr. Amita Rai,

Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, People's Dental College

and Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal.

E‐mail: amitarai2013@gmail.com

Abstract

Early childhood caries causing early loss of teeth resulting in compromised esthetics, function, and malocclusion is one of the dreaded but frequently encountered situations in pediatric patients. Here, we report a case in which extraction of badly carious primary anterior and posterior teeth was done followed by rehabilitation with removable space maintainer to establish esthetics and function in a five‐year‐old boy.

Keywords: Early childhood caries, esthetics, removable space maintainer

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How to cite this article: Rai A, Koirala B, Dali M, Shrestha S. Removable functional space maintainer for esthetic rehabilitation of a child with severe early childhood caries. Int J Pedod Rehabil 2021;5:80-3.