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Primary dentition is the most suitable space maintainer for permanent teeth. However, as infants often lose their primary teeth too soon, using a space maintainer is the most efficient, long-lasting, and economical way to prevent malocclusions and function impairment in the future. Regarding personalized appliances, space maintainers in digital pediatric dentistry have made significant progress. Digital technology decreases the manual manufacturing stages that take a long time and increases the reliability and durability of digital fabrication procedures.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| conventional acrylic partial denture space maintainer | Active Comparator | an elastomeric impression will be done to produce a plaster cast then a conventional acrylic partial space maintainer will be fabricated and delivered for the child patient. | |
| 3-D printed partial denture space maintainer | Experimental | A 3-D intraoral scanner will be used to produce digital models. STL file will be used to design a 3-D printed partial denture space maintainer which will be delivered to the child patient. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| space maintainer | Other | 3-D printed partial denture space maintainer will designed for each child patient who has premature loss of primary teeth after doing intraoral scanning |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
|---|---|---|
| clinical evaluation | the clinical performance of the partial denture space maintainers in the recall visits will be to assess: the Fracture of the space maintainer, and Lost or missing | three months |
| gingival health | using a Williams periodontal probe, gingival index will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
| three months |
| plaque index | using a Williams periodontal probe, the plaque index will be assessed using the Silness-Loe plaque index: 0: Absence of microbial plaque, 1: Thin film of microbial plaque along the free gingival margin, 2: Moderate accumulation with plaque in the sulcus, 3: Large amount of plaque in the sulcus or pocket along the free gingiva margin. | three months |
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| Name | Role | Phone | Extension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| shaimaa eldesouky, assistant professor | Contact | +201008994242 | shaimaaeldesouky@dent.tanta.edu.eg |
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| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pediatric dentistry department, faculty of dentistry, Tanta university | Recruiting | Tanta | 31527 | Egypt |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 32650758 | Background | Guo H, Wang Y, Zhao Y, Liu H. Computer-aided design of polyetheretherketone for application to removable pediatric space maintainers. BMC Oral Health. 2020 Jul 10;20(1):201. doi: 10.1186/s12903-020-01184-6. | |
| 35082471 | Background | Dhanotra KG, Bhatia R. Digitainers-Digital Space Maintainers: A Review. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent. 2021;14(Suppl 1):S69-S75. doi: 10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2040. |
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A Randomized Controlled Clinical Crossover Study
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| space maintainer | Other | a conventional impression will be done for a child patient with premature loss of his primary teeth, then a plaster model will gained. A conventional acrylic partial denture will be designed and delivered to the patient. |
| Tanta University | Not yet recruiting | Tanta | 31527 | Egypt |
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| 5237684 | Background | Loe H. The Gingival Index, the Plaque Index and the Retention Index Systems. J Periodontol. 1967 Nov-Dec;38(6):Suppl:610-6. doi: 10.1902/jop.1967.38.6.610. No abstract available. |