Modified Willet appliance: A case report

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Case Report

Author Details : Himanshu Aeran, Shalu Majreti*, Avantika Tuli, Nitin Khanduri

Volume : 8, Issue : 4, Year : 2022

Article Page : 340-342

https://doi.org/10.18231/j.ijohd.2022.065

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Abstract

The preservation of deciduous teeth is essential until normal exfoliation. It plays an important role in preventive and interventional dentistry. Early loss of a deciduous tooth or teeth can have various consequences. Space maintainer of the intra-alveolar kind is advised when the deciduous second molar is lost before the eruption of the first permanent molar. This report discusses a modified Willet appliance in cases where loss of primary deciduous first and second molar occur prior to eruption of permanent mandibular first molar.
 

Keywords: Willet appliance, Molar

How to cite : Aeran H, Majreti S, Tuli A, Khanduri N, Modified Willet appliance: A case report. Int J Oral Health Dent 2022;8(4):340-342

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