- What is a Pediatric Dentist? |
- When Will My Baby Start Getting Teeth? |
- Proper Tooth Cleaning |
- Healthy Diet for Healthy Teeth
- Importance of Regular Dental Check-ups |
- Sealants |
- Baby Bottle Tooth Decay |
- Eruption of Child's Teeth |
- Oral Habits
- Tooth Coming In Wrong |
- Why is it Important to Save Baby Teeth? |
- What is the Best Time for Orthodontic Treatment?
- Management of the Fearful or Anxious Child |
- Special Needs for Your Special Child |
- Sedation and Hospital Dentistry
- Sports Guards |
- Mouth Guards |
- Space Maintainer
If a baby tooth is lost too soon, the teeth beside it may tilt or drift into the empty space.
Space maintainers are appliances made of metal that are custom fit to your child's mouth. Space maintainers hold open the empty space left by a lost tooth. They steady the remaining teeth, preventing movement until the permanent tooth takes its natural position in the jaw.
It's more affordable -- and easier on your child -- to keep teeth in normal positions with a space maintainer than to move them back in place with orthodontic treatment.