Distal Shoe Space Maintainer
This prevents the space from closing.
Distal shoe space maintainer. Unsubscribe from vanessa grace lopez. The example shown is a crown with a distal extension segment soldered to the crown. Distal shoe premature loss of deciduous molar eruption guidance space.
If this approach is used the impression must be taken and the appliance constructed prior to extraction of the primary tooth. The distal shoe space maintainer will be useful aid in the preventive and interceptive therapy. The guide plane is attached to a fixed or removable retaining device when fixed the distal shoe is usually retained with a band instead of a stainless steel crown so that it can be replaced by another type of space maintainer after the permanent first molar erupts.
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This appliance is called a distal shoe space maintainer or a distal extension space maintainer. 564 brill distal shoe space maintainer pediatric dentistry 24 6 2002 clinical section attached to a stainless steel crown cemented on the primary canine. Appliance design this appliance consists of a metal or plastic guide plane along which the permanent molar erupts.
A distal shoe space maintainer has a wire that runs slightly beneath the gum. Labmagic 3d cad 2 167 views. The downside of distal shoe space maintainers is that they have to be checked regularly because it may actually block the new permanent tooth from erupting.
The distal shoe space maintainer is an appliance of choice to prevent the implication and act as an eruption guidance for the permanent first molar. To be effective the guide plane must extend into the alveolar process so that it contacts the permanent first. The subgingival extension serves as a guide for the erupting first molar and prevents mesial drifting of that tooth.