none 10.31254/dentistry.2021.6101 BioMed Research Publishers BioMed Research Publishers 16195 129090519 314763 20210801025939904 10.31254 2021-08-01T02:59:41Z 2021-08-01T02:59:40Z 0 International Journal of Dentistry Research Int J Dentistry Res 25813218 10.31254/dentistry http://www.dentistryscience.com/ 5 15 2021 6 1 HOD & Sr. Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, KVG Dental College & Hospital, Kurunjibhag, Sullia, Karnataka 574327, India Savitha Sathyaprasad SH Krishnamoorthy Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, KVG Dental College & Hospital, Kurunjibhag, Sullia, Karnataka 574327, India Anjana Post graduates, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, KVG Dental College & Hospital, Kurunjibhag, Sullia, Karnataka 574327, India Vijayanath Post graduates, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, KVG Dental College & Hospital, Kurunjibhag, Sullia, Karnataka 574327, India Vinisha Vinod Post graduates, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, KVG Dental College & Hospital, Kurunjibhag, Sullia, Karnataka 574327, India Mini implants have seen an evolutionary change in the phase of implant placement. The most common use for mini implant is the stabilization of over denture and orthodontic treatments, now they are used in pediatric dentistry for congenitally missing teeth and tooth loss due to trauma. Mini implants as a prosthetic replacement gives a psychological advantage to the child as it provides a feeling of his own teeth. A thirteen year old boy came to the department of pedodontics, KVG dental college, Sullia, with a chief complaint of spacing in the lower front tooth region since 4 years. On radiographic examination absence of 41, 31 were found. On model analysis, space deficiency was found in relation to the lower anterior and he was diagnosed with angle’s class I malocclusion with proclined maxxilary anterior teeth and congenitally missing lower central incisors. The patient’s main concern was on esthetics. Hence the patient was planned for a fixed provisional functional space maintainer using mini implant followed by crown prosthesis. The approach comes up with positive aesthetic and functional results that may reflect on self-esteem and social well-being of children and adolescents. 5 15 2021 1 3 10.31254/dentistry.2021.6101 http://www.dentistryscience.com/IJDR_202161_01.pdf