Mandibular dental arch dimensional changes following prematurely lost deciduous molars | ||
| Journal of Oral and Dental Research | ||
| Article 1, Volume 1, Issue 2, December 2014, Pages 22-28 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Dunia A. AL-Dulayme; Mohammad Rafid AL-Khannaq | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: The aimof the study wasto evaluate the changes in the mandibular dental arch width and length after the unilateral premature loss of deciduous molars at the mixed dentition stage. Methods: The sample consist of (50) Iraqi children aged (8-9) years with unilateral prematurely extracted mandibular first or second deciduous molars, each child have a dental study models prepared by taking alginate hydrocolloid impressions,then the measurement were done on the Auto sketch program after scanning of the occlusal surface of the study casts. Results: reveals that in case of unilateral premature Loss of mandibularprimary molars at the mixed dentition stage lead to changes in most of the vertical and horizontal distances of the dental arch. Conclusion: the findings of the present study indicate us the importance of space maintainer construction following the premature loss of mandibular primarymolars at the mixed dentition stage. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Mandibular dimensions; Premature loss; primary molars | ||
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