Comparison of the Prevalence of Space Maintainers among Different Age Groups and Genders in Children

Abstract

The space maintainers are mainly the devices that have been specially designed to maintain a space or to
create an additional space that was lost due to the premature loss of the primitive teeth. They are mainly
available in the various types with different types of indications. The main reasons for the premature loss
of the teeth has been indicated for the extraction due to the dental caries or trauma or any type of genetic
disorders.The main aim of this study is to estimate the most common type of the space maintainer that has
been used among the different age and gender groups. All the patients are being considered in the study
with the age group of 3-12 years, they must mainly have clinically missing teeth. The results are obtained
and tabulated for the statistical analysis, both descriptive and inferential test which is done by using SPSS
version 23. From the above study the results are obtained as, the age distribution of this particular study is
mainly about the age groups 1-5 years(48%) and 6-12 years (52%),the gender distribution of this study is
males(62%) and females (38%). The most common type of the space maintainer used is the Band and loop
space maintainer. Within the limits of this particular study the most common type of the space maintainer
indicated is the band and loop space maintainer for the age group of 6-12 years and has the higher gender
predilection among the male children.