Fixed functional space maintainer: novel aesthetic approach for missing maxillary primary anterior teeth

Khare, Vikram; Nayak, Prathibha Anand; Khandelwal, Vishal; Nayak, Ullal Anand

doi:10.1136/bcr-2013-009585

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“…The original Gropers appliance introduced by Jasmin and Groper in 1984 consists of acrylic teeth attached to metal clefts which were soldered onto the palatal wire. Due to the strenuous laboratory procedures, the appliance was modiied, incorporating preformed acrylic teeth and buccal acrylic lange (Khare et al, 2013). The limitations of this appliance include larger tooth size, gingival in lammation associated with the buccal acrylic lange, occlusal disturbances and secondary caries due to cement loss in the primary molars.…”

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Prevalence of Gropers Appliance in Pediatric Dentistry

Ilangovan¹,

Ravindran²,

Mani³

2020

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Space maintainers are used to minimise undesirable drifting of teeth in the dental arch. Using space maintenance after the loss of primary teeth restricts the creation of spaces. Space maintainers also prevent the development of malocclusion due to space. The primary teeth loss can lead to different dental malocclusions like midline shifts, space loss and also crowding of teeth. Gropers appliance is a space maintainer used for children who have lost their primary anterior due to accident or caries. Gropers appliance is a fixed partial denture used for aesthetic purposes. This is used to restore mastication and speech to prevent abnormal oral habit development and also for aesthetics. The aim of the study is to find the prevalence of Gropers appliance in Pediatric Dentistry. This was a retrospective study done under a University setting. All the patients' records were collected from June 2019 to March 2020 and were reviewed. The data included patients who required space maintainers. The data was tabulated and entered in excel and the data were analysed using SPSS package software. p<0.05 was considered to be the level of statistical significance in the study. The prevalence of Gropers appliance in Pediatric Dentistry was found to be 39.6%. There was a male prevalence of 55.6% in receiving a Gropers appliance. The common age who received it was 3 years old. Within the limitation of current study, the prevalence of Gropers appliance was 39. 6% with the common age of children being 3 yrs.

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Prevalence of Gropers Appliance in Pediatric Dentistry

Ilangovan¹,

Ravindran²,

Mani³

2020

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“…The permanent successors may be proclined after early loss of deciduous maxillary anterior teeth and therefore the arch length or perimeter is increased. 6 Inappropriate speech may result in absence of maxillary anterior teeth, the lingual sides of which are required by the tongue for certain phonations. Usually, itaffects sounds such as 's', 'z' and 'th.…”

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Esthetic rehabilitation with modified Groper’s appliance in a four year old child: A case report

Shrivastava¹,

Barjatya²,

Masih³

et al. 2021

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The biggest task for a paediatric dentist is the restoration in a young child who has severely damaged anterior teeth and suffered from multiple tooth loss due to severe early childhood caries. Early loss of anterior teeth has a major effect on the psychology and behaviour of children. The aim of this paper is to describe the rehabilitation of deciduous anterior teeth with a fixed, aesthetic and functional appliance (modified Groper's Appliance). Such appliances are considered to be elective and their placement is normally at the demand of parents.

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“…Depends on the child's stage of dental development, dental arch involved, primary teeth missing, and which teeth they are. 3 The space maintainer prevents overeruption of antagonist, restores physiological mastication, allows for physiological maxillary growth, should be hygienic, have a good durability, and have a low cost. 7…”

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“…This rehabilitation should provide good longevity, without interfering with the normal eruption process. 3…”

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Esthetic Rehabilitation in Early Childhood Caries: A Case Report

Goldenfum

Rodrigues

2019

International Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry

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Premature loss or severely destruction of upper primary anterior teeth by early childhood caries (ECC) is a challenge for the pediatric dentist. In the anterior region, esthetics is an important concern along with function and space management. Tooth rehabilitation in this region becomes fundamental. The purpose of this report was to present a case of a 4-year-old child with the early loss of both central upper incisors and caries lesions on both upper lateral incisors. Both 51 and 61 were extracted due to ECC. The patient was rehabilitated with a fixed esthetic space maintainer and the vital lateral upper incisors, destroyed by ECC, restored with direct composite resin veneers. The final result reestablished local, systemic, psychological, aesthetic, and social problems of the child.How to cite this articleGoldenfum GM, de Almeida Rodrigues J, et al. Esthetic Rehabilitation in Early Childhood Caries: A Case Report. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2019;12(2):157–159.

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Fixed functional space maintainer: novel aesthetic approach for missing maxillary primary anterior teeth

Cited by 15 publications

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Prevalence of Gropers Appliance in Pediatric Dentistry

Prevalence of Gropers Appliance in Pediatric Dentistry

Esthetic rehabilitation with modified Groper’s appliance in a four year old child: A case report

Esthetic Rehabilitation in Early Childhood Caries: A Case Report

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