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Case report: long term lingual arch - preventable iatrogenic damage.
British Dental Journal 2017 January 14
Lingual arches are fixed space maintainers utilised for the preservation of leeway space in cases of mild mandibular crowding. They are normally bonded using glass-ionomer cement applied to the internal surface of molar bands. As with any fixed appliance/retainer, if molar bands are not sufficiently monitored they have the potential to pose a significant threat to an individual's dental health. Unconventionally, in our example a lingual arch was used as a long-term fixed retainer with harmful consequence to one of the banded first permanent molars. A general understanding of molar bands and fixed retainers is important for patients' general dental health by the prevention of discrete caries progression.
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