What is a gap holder? What does it do?
The gap holder is a device made of resin or metal material, commonly known as the holder. If the child is less than the age of the replacement teeth, the primary teeth will be lost prematurely due to various reasons, and the adjacent teeth will shift or incline like the space, thus occupying the space, and the inherited permanent teeth will not have enough space to grow out. After the replacement of the teeth, the whole permanent teeth will be irregular. Wearing a space maintainer can effectively occupy the space, not only prevent the displacement or inclination of adjacent teeth to the space, but also prevent the extension of opposite teeth, so as to ensure that there is enough space for permanent teeth to grow out.
Which children are the gap maintainers suitable for?
The space maintainer is suitable for the following situations: 1. When the deciduous teeth fall off prematurely or are extracted due to caries, pulp disease, periapical disease and other reasons, it is necessary to wear the space maintainer. 2. The eruption direction of permanent teeth is abnormal, which results in the premature absorption of adjacent deciduous teeth and their loss. 3. Congenital absence of primary teeth. 4. Deciduous teeth fall off prematurely due to trauma and other reasons. All of these may require a retainer. It should be noted that not every child needs to wear a space maintainer when they have early loss of primary teeth, which needs to be evaluated by a professional stomatologist, so when children have early loss of primary teeth, they must take the child to a doctor in time.
What are the precautions for wearing the clearance holder?
The space maintainer will be slightly uncomfortable at the beginning, but the child will be able to adapt slowly in about a week. Including the impact on his chewing and pronunciation, can be improved after the child adapts. Parents should encourage and guide children correctly. Persistence is victory. After wearing, the maintainer should be cleaned regularly, the mouth should be rinsed after meals, and the food residue on the maintainer should be cleaned to keep the maintainer in a clean state. Avoid foods that are too hard or sticky, as this may loosen the band. Parents should also remind children not to use their tongues or hands to play with the space maintainer, because it may also loosen the space maintainer. In case of looseness or falling off of the clearance holder, it is necessary to see a doctor in time. According to the doctor's requirements, parents should take their children to the hospital every half a year to check the development of inherited permanent teeth at the gap. If the inherited permanent teeth are about to grow up in the mouth, they can remove the gap maintainer. However, if there is no corresponding inherited permanent teeth growing up or congenital permanent teeth missing, the gap maintainer should be worn all the time until Dentures were repaired in adulthood.
Yang Qiqi, director of the stomatology department of Dezhou City Maternal and child health care hospital, kindly pointed out that it is a process that needs comprehensive consideration and close attention for children's long tooth replacement. Parents should pay attention to their children's teeth situation, take their children to have an oral examination every six months to prevent oral diseases, facilitate early detection and early treatment.
Yang Qiqi, director of stomatology department, master of Stomatology, Weifang Medical College, member of stomatologist branch of Dezhou Medical Association, member of stomatologist Association of China, member of stomatologist branch of China maternal and child health care association. He has been engaged in dental diagnosis and treatment for nearly ten years, and has studied in Shandong dental hospital for two years. He is good at the treatment of all kinds of children's and adults' dental pulp diseases and periapical diseases; conventional extraction; the design and manufacture of crown, inlay, veneer, removable partial denture and complete denture; the diagnosis and treatment of all kinds of dental and maxillofacial deformities, such as ground Baotian, maxillary protrusion, dentition irregularity, grinding teeth at night, snoring, etc.
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