Pediatric Dentistry Clinical Photos

Crown-Loop Examples

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Nicely finished crown-loop spacer; good wire contour.

Ditto! Nicely done.

Poor wire adaptation on buccal arm.

Pointed contact of spacer; this area should follow contour of cuspid.

Poor crimping; this won't adapt to over-reduced crown prep.

Over-reduced occlusal preparation.

Lack of secondary reduction to narrow occlusal table.

Over-reduction of crown.

The primary cuspid erupted rotated 180 degrees!

High wire on lingual side of space maintainer.

"Nicked" adjacent tooth during preparation.

Ledge on distal; inadequate break in contact.

Inadequate distal reduction.

Another inadequate distal reduction.

Damaged gingival margin of SSC.

Ledge on buccal aspect of preparation.

Damaged margin of SSC #1 and #2.

Ledge on lingual aspect of preparation.

Hole in SSC; dirty; unpolished margins.

Excessive preparation on distal.

Hole in SSC.

Narrow buccal-lingual dimension of the space maintainer.

Porosity of silver solder.

High lingual arm of space maintainer occluding with lower molar.

High lingual arm of space maintainer.