Longevity of Prefabricated Band and Loop Versus Conventional Band and Loop Space Maintainers

Prefabricated space maintainer requires only one visit as it fits into the patient's mouth at the clinic without needing the dental lab. It comes in a kit with different band sizes.

Conventional band and loop is the most widely used space maintainer, It shows high success rate and good patient compliance, but needs more than one visit due to the laboratory work.