Authors : Himanshu Aeran, Shalu Majreti, Avantika Tuli, Nitin Khanduri
DOI : 10.18231/j.ijohd.2022.065
Volume : 8
Issue : 4
Year : 2022
Page No : 340-342
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