Clinical application of a digital semi-rigid bridge space maintainer fabricated from polyetheretherketone for premature loss of primary molars

Abstract Background Premature loss of primary molars can be treated with a band loop space maintainer (SM). However, fabricating a conventional band loop SM requires multiple clinical and laboratory procedures, which can potentially affect the accuracy of the SM. Moreover, the conventional SM is una...

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Main Authors: Qi Wang, Zhenzhen Zhang, Sheng Zhong, Jiajia Liu, Ying Hu, Ziling Zhou, Caidi Zhang, Shizhu Bai, Li’an Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-11-01
Series:BMC Oral Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-023-03570-2