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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2526</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2018.10182</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Extraction of Decayed and Dilapidated First Permanent Molars in Mixed Dentition and Spontaneous Space Closure: A Case Report&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Jihene</surname><given-names>Zaroui</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Imene</surname><given-names>Jazi</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Badiaa</surname><given-names>Jemmali</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>28</day><month>09</month><year>2018</year></pub-date><volume>8)</volume><issue/><fpage>6</fpage><lpage>9</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>The replacement of dilapidated or already extracted first permanent molars (FPMs) is the subject of multidisciplinary discussion.&#13;
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Many treatment options are considered to restorate a dilapidated FPM like: crown restoration after an endodontic treatment or, replace an exAtracted FPM like: space maintainer or orthodontic treatment for space closure.&#13;
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This case-report described another alternative of treatment in which spontaneous space closure (SSC) is obtained after extraction of first permanent molars in mixed dentition.&#13;
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Indeed, if some conditions are reunited, the SSC by the eruption of the second permanent molars, which will take up&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Extraction</kwd><kwd> First permanent molars</kwd><kwd> Space closure</kwd><kwd> Mixed dentition</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
