Oceana Biomedicina Journal
Vol 3 No 2 (2020): Oceana Biomedicina Journal Volume 3 Issue (No) 2 July - December 2020

Perawatan Space Regainer pada Premature Loss Gigi Molar Sulung Rahang Atas dan Bawah – Laporan Kasus

Anatasya Rachmadani (Mahasiswa Pendidikan Profesi Dokter Gigi, Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani)
Jeffrey Jeffrey (Departemen Ilmu Kedokteran Gigi Anak, Pendidikan Profesi Dokter Gigi Fakultas Kedokteran, Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani)



Article Info

Publish Date
05 Jul 2020

Abstract

Caries is one of the most common illnesses in children and young adults. Dental caries and dental trauma that occur in children can cause missing teeth prematurely, commonly called premature loss, which can cause occlusion abnormalities caused by narrowing of the arch. A space regainer is an active device used to recover space that has narrowed to the dental arch a result of premature loss. A 9-year-old boy accompanied by his mother came to RSGMP Unjani in 2018 with complaints of upper right and back right and lower left teeth missing because extraction. The patient's mother is worried that her replacement teeth will overlap. Intra oral examination showed tooth loss 54,75,84,85. Analysis of the model shows a narrowing of the -0.9 space in the maksila and -0.7 in the mandible. Patients were treated for maksila and mandibular removable space regainer accompanied by expansion screws. Activation of expansion screws is done once a week with ¼ turns. Space regainer treatment in this patient was done 4 times and the results were very satisfying.

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Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Dentistry Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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Oceana Biomedicina Journal is an open access journal of health and medicine.Specifically, the journal focuses on marine medicine, hyperbaric medicine and health, medicine on ships, harbor health, maritime and coastal health, medicolegal studies related to ships, ports and districts, maritime/coastal ...