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• Goldstein has begun manufacturing the device through his company, Stevenson Industries Inc ., in Palisades, Calif . It is distributed through Space Maintainers of Chatsworth, Calif.
• This fixed obturator is based on the Nance appliance, which was originally used as a space maintainer in dentistry and orthodontics, but has been redesigned for closing anterior palatal fistulas in patients with cleft lip and palate.
• As defined by the American Dental Association and The American Association of Orthodontists, Pre-eruption guidance therapy is a treatment method instituted with the use of bimaxillary bilateral removable space maintainers and the removal of the maxillary right and left deciduous cuspids [ baby teeth ] at very specific times to allow for a more optimal eruption pattern for permanent teeth to enter the mouth.