Space maintainer was done on the lab cast after the removing tooth number “D”

2. Space Maintainer
• This term was coined by JC Brauer in
1941.It is defined as the process of
maintaining a space in a given arch
previously occupied by a tooth or a
group of teeth
• Boucher :it is a fixed or removable
appliance designed to preserve the
space created by the premature loss
of a primary tooth or a group of teeth

3. SPACE MAINTAINERS
Definition Case Presentation
Space maintainers
are devices used to maintain
or regain the space following
the loss of deciduous tooth
or teeth

4. Case
Presentation
Space maintainer was
done on the lab cast after
the removing tooth
number “D” .

5. Five milk teeth
The Theory behind Space Maintaining

7. Permanent(1,2,3,) Teeth
are Erupted & Milk Teeth
(D,E)

8. This is a case of decay in Milky
Tooth

9. Witout treatment the milk tooth
starts breaking

10. Removing the decayed tooth

11. Because of open space the first
permanent molar will start tilting
forward

12. 6 Has Tilted Closing The
Spacement For 5

13. The Second Premolar is trapped
now

14. A space maintainer can be used to
prevent such a situation