title: [Space maintenance following the premature loss of temporary teeth].
abstract: Despite contemporary techniques, we still don't have the ability of saving all deciduous teeth in their place on the dental arch until the time of physiological loss. A premature loss of temporary teeth interferes with the harmony of the adult dentition. The principal consequence of this premature loss is crowding, caused by migration of the adjacent teeth. This article ames to guide our policies in the decision making process whether or not maintaining space, in causes of premature loss of one or more deciduous teeth.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Orthodontie et de Pédodontie ULg, Liège.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liegeois
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Limme
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003817:Dentition; D006801:Humans; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000517:prevention & control; D013027:Space Maintenance, Orthodontic / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000503:physiopathology; D014085:Tooth Migration / Q000517:prevention & control; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous
vernacular_title: Le maintien de l'espace suite à la perte prématurée de dents temporaires.