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D1555

A code used report removal of an existing fixed space maintainer by a dental professional.

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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...