Band and Loop Space Maintainers in Children: A Case Series

Abstract

Space maintainers are the most commonly used appliances to preserve the spaces in primary dentition created due to untimely loss of deciduous dentition. Maintaining the lost space is of utmost importance for the developing occlusion and guidance to the succedinuos tooth as well as maintaining function and integrity of the jaw bone. The band and loop space maintainer is one of the most widely used space maintainer, however depending on the individual cases and anatomy of the supporting structures the traditional band and loop space maintainers can be modified to meet the individual requirements. This article presents case reports of modified band and loop space maintainers.