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Procedures undertaken in preventive orthodontics are all EXCEPT:

 # Procedures undertaken in preventive orthodontics are all EXCEPT:
A. Parents education
B. Checkup for oral habits
C. Extraction of supernumerary teeth
D. Space regaining



The correct answer is D. Space regaining. 

Procedures of preventive orthodontics: 
1. Parent education 
2. Caries control 
3. Care of deciduous dentition 
4. Management of ankylosed tooth 
5. Maintenance of quadrant wise tooth shedding timetable. 
6. Checkup for oral habits and habit-breaking appliances if necessary. 
7. Occlusal equilibration if there are any occlusal pre-maturities. 
8. Prevention of damage to occlusion, e.g. Milwaukee braces 
9. Extraction of supernumerary teeth 
10. Space maintenance 
11. Management of deeply locked first permanent molar 
12. Management of abnormal frenal attachments 

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