Simple Space Maintenance

Simple Space Maintenance is organized by Dentaltown, L.L.C.

Released: 7/10/2013
Expiration Date: 6/30/2028

Overview:
This course teaches why space maintenance is needed, when to place what appliance, and how to fabricate the various appliances. Space maintainers discussed include wire nance, lower lingual holding arch (LLHA), band and loop, distal shoe, and distal band and loop. Our basic goal as dentists treating children is to PREVENT—(decay, pain, space loss, etc). The most commonly overlooked of these is the prevention of space loss.

Educational Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants should be able to achieve the following:

• Identify why space maintenance is needed (even in the absence of a prematurely lost primary tooth)
• Increase productivity while decreasing overhead
• Think outside the box when designing various appliances
• Learn how to fabricate the individual appliances
• Identify when to place what type of space maintainer