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D1515

A space maintainer designed to replace missing teeth on both sides of the mouth (same jaw), which is not intended to be removed by the patient.

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Procedures
Space maintainers
Dental procedure image: Space maintainers
When baby molar teeth are lost prematurely or are congenitally missing, space maintainers prevent movement of the adjacent permanent "first molars", and loss of space for (permanent) bicuspids and permanent canines...