RT - Journal TY - JOUR A1 - Rai, Amita A1 - Koirala, Bandana A1 - Dali, Mamta A1 - Shrestha, Sneha T1 - Removable functional space maintainer for esthetic rehabilitation of a child with severe early childhood caries YR - 2020/7/1 JF - International Journal of Pedodontic Rehabilitation JO - Int J Pedod Rehabil SP - 80 OP - 83 VO - 5 IS - 2 UL - https://www.ijpedor.org/article.asp?issn=2468-8932;year=2020;volume=5;issue=2;spage=80;epage=83;aulast=Rai;t=5 DO - 10.4103/ijpr.ijpr_23_19 N2 - Early childhood caries causing early loss of teeth resulting in compromised esthetics, function, and malocclusion is one of the dreaded but frequently encountered situations in pediatric patients. Here, we report a case in which extraction of badly carious primary anterior and posterior teeth was done followed by rehabilitation with removable space maintainer to establish esthetics and function in a five-year-old boy. ER -