Affiliation:
1. Post Graduate Student Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, H.P Government Dental College and Hospital Shimla. Himachal Pradesh.
2. MDS, Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, H.P Government Dental College and Hospital Shimla. Himachal Pradesh.
Abstract
The goal of pulp therapy in the primary dentition is to retain the
primary tooth as a fully functional part of the dentition, allowing at the
same time for mastication, phonation, swallowing, and the
preservation of the space required for the eruption of the permanent
1,2 tooth . The premature loss of primary teeth may cause changes in the
chronology and sequence of eruption permanent teeth. Maintenance of
primary teeth until physiological exfoliation prevents deleterious
3 habits in children .
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