Indonesian Journal of Dentistry 2006; Edisi Khusus KPPIKG XIV 2006: 129-133
The premature loss of primary teeth will make the adjacent tooth drift due to the mesial force of the erupting posterior teeth in the growing child. To overcome this problem a space maintainer is need.
But, space maintainer need to undergo a laboratorium process, which means needed more time and money. This paper reported a case with premature loss of maxillary first primary molar using space maintainer which can be used immediately, easy to do, and need low cost, a simple fixed space maintainer bonded wirb flowable resin composite.