title: Fixed functional space maintainer: novel aesthetic approach for missing maxillary primary anterior teeth.
abstract: The first-line treatment of non-restorable traumatically injured or carious deciduous teeth is extraction which may be a curse for the future dentition as well as social activity of a child. Various therapeutic modalities from removable partial dentures to fixed space maintainer can be used for replacement of such lost teeth. Two types of fixed aesthetic space maintainers for replacing premature loss of maxillary deciduous incisors in 4-year-old children are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, Mahatma Gandhi Dental College & Hospital, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Khare
authors.forename: Prathibha Anand
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Nayak
authors.forename: Vishal
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Khandelwal
authors.forename: Ullal Anand
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Nayak
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D017266:Dental Prosthesis; D017267:Dental Prosthesis Design; D004955:Esthetics, Dental; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008437:Maxilla; D014081:Tooth Extraction