Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Navodaya Dental College, Raichur, Karnataka, India
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Mohammed Zameer, Post Graduate Student, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Navodaya Dental College and Hospital, Raichur-584103, Karnataka State, India. Email: drmohammedzameer@gmail.com
Online published on 16 February, 2015.
The loss of permanent tooth in adolescent patient makes it highly desirable to perform the necessary treatment as expeditiously as possible. When a tooth is lost, space maintenance should be provided immediately after extraction to prevent tipping, tilting, or rotation of the abutment teeth or eruption of the opposing teeth. To ascertain function and esthetics, immediate treatments include interim space maintainer approaches. So this report describes a new technique for the management of the lost mandibular second premolar with a fixed functional interim space maintainer in a 12-year-old boy. The technique offers provision of conservative and cost effective fixed interim space maintainer which can restore correct, harmonious, and nondestructive occlusal relationships.
Interim restoration, space maintenance, permanent second premolar
