Open AccessAssessment of Saudi parent's awareness towards space maintainers at Alkharj city: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Hamad Sulaiman Alduraihim,
Sultan R Alsulami,
Saud Z Alotaibi,
Mohamed AbdEllatif ElPatal,
Inderjit Murugendrappa Gowdar,
Praveen N Chandrappa
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1146_19
Subject(s) - medicine , deciduous teeth , space (punctuation) , malocclusion , cross sectional study , dentistry , permanent dentition , dentition , family medicine , philosophy , linguistics , pathology
Premature extraction or loss of a tooth due in primary dentition may lead to malocclusion in permanent dentition. Space maintainers are very important to children in mixed and primary dentition for preventing problems of malocclusion. The utilization of space maintainers depends on parental knowledge and awareness about space maintainers.