Detrimental Effects Of Enforced Tooth Loss course for Dental Practice

This session will discuss the identification of the signs of unavoidable tooth loss in the developing dentition. It will cover assessment of the developing dentition, when tooth loss is inevitable and how to plan tooth loss to minimise the detrimental effects.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this session you will be able to:

• Define the problems that result from enforced tooth loss
• Discuss the ideal timing of tooth loss, when inevitable
• Explain the relevance of balancing and compensating extractions

Early loss of deciduous teeth can sometimes be unavoidable, most often due to caries or trauma. It can have serious detrimental effects on the permanent dentition which can be difficult and expensive to correct.