INDICATIONS

• Excessive decayed tooth cannot be restored with filling or pulpectomy
• Delayed exfoliation of milk teeth.

• Premature dental extraction can lead to closing of space and prevents the permanent teeth to take its normal place. This leads to abnormal eruption of the permanent teeth at unwanted place. This phenomenon will lead to overcrowding.

Fig- Abnormal eruption of permanent teeth due to delay in extraction of the milk teeth

• Delay in dental extraction causes lack of space for proper eruption of permanent teeth. This will lead to malalignment in the jaw.

Over-crowding in teeth due to delay in extraction of milk teeth