When a baby tooth is extracted for various reasons, it can be due to tooth decay or from a tooth that fell out early, when this happens, before the permanent tooth is ready to come out, then the tooth The adjacent one may move and close the space where the permanent tooth is supposed to grow and thus there may be difficulty in the eruption of the permanent tooth intended to replace the baby tooth, and when there is crowding in place of the permanent tooth, the permanent tooth will not be able to grow in a good and healthy way and then the new tooth will grow crooked or not grow at all.
A tooth that grows crooked makes it difficult to save Dental health, cleaning the teeth and even increases the chance of getting tooth decay.
The place holder is a small metal device that is specially adapted to the mouth. It is firmly fixed in the mouth and is removed when the tooth is fixed in its correct position. The device is usually made of a metal ring that is glued to the adjacent tooth and a metal wire that is connected to it and rests on it teeth nearby The purpose of the device is to stabilize the remaining teeth on each side of the gap and prevent them from moving towards the gap until the permanent tooth erupts into its normal position.