Space Maintainers
in Fort Mcmurray

If your child has a primary tooth missing for a short period of time, their other teeth can move into spots reserved for permanent teeth. The shifting of other teeth affects the eruption of permanent teeth in the correct areas. With no other space for these teeth to go, they head into the wrong zone.

We have two types of space maintainers, removable and fixed. Removable maintainers are made of acrylic. When this kind of maintainer is put in your child’s mouth, we use blocks of dental material or false teeth to hold the spaces open. If your child has several missing teeth then we provide partial dentures, a great option for a removable maintainer. This type of space maintainer is best for older children since they will be able to clean it, remove it and care for it as required, easier than a younger child.

Come into Franklin Dental and talk to one of our friendly dentists for more information about Space Maintainers.

● Band-And-Loop Device: A stainless steel wire composition held in place with orthodontic bands that allow the permanent teeth to erupt without any blocking. These are used when one or more baby molars are lost in the same dental arch.

● Transpalatal Arch: Fitted on the molars of the upper jaw, it preserves space on both sides of the dental arch and is held in place by wire which is fastened around the adjoining teeth.

● Distal Shoe Appliance: This appliance is fitted over your baby’s first molar to maintain space for their first permanent molar when the baby loses his/her tooth.

● Lingual Holding Arch: This arch is attached to the molars keeping the space or the lower back teeth on both sides.

We suggest you avoid sticky, chewy food with a space maintainer in your mouth as this can cause the device to shift or fall out. Now that you have some knowledge about space maintainers, what are you waiting for? Make sure your child’s teeth come in where they are supposed to.