The distal shoe space maintainer chairside fabrication and clinical performance.
The chairside-fabricated distal shoe appliance, with a stainless steel crown as the retainer, is an efficacious and cost-effective appliance for guiding the unerupted permanent first molar into position after premature loss or extraction of the second primary molar. The fabrication technique is illustrated in this case report and data is presented on the success rate of the appliance.
Brill
Warren A
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School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA. wbrill@erols.com
D002648:Child; D003442:Crowns; D012994:Dental Soldering; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008963:Molar / Q000473:pathology; D016382:Orthodontic Appliance Design; D013027:Space Maintenance, Orthodontic / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013193:Stainless Steel; D013499:Surface Properties; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000150:complications; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000473:pathology; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D013193:Stainless Steel