Autogenous Tooth Transplantation: Better Way of Replacement: Review and Case Report

Abstract

Autotransplantation provides the possibility of a natural tooth rather than a prothesis or an osseointegrated implant to replace a missing tooth. The indications for autotransplantation are wide, but careful patient selection coupled with an appropriate technique is a prerequisite for a good functional and esthetic outcome. Autogenous tooth transplantation is the surgical movement of a tooth from one location in the mouth to another in the same individual. It has achieved high success rates and is an excellent option for tooth replacement. This paper describes the review on autogenous tooth transplantation and also highlights the advantages of autotransplantation using a case report as an example.

Third molar autotransplantation: An alternative to dental implant - 9 years follow up of a case

“…Due to ossteo-integration, dental implants in these patients does not erupt along with growing alveolar arch thus staying in infra-occlusion whereas autotransplantation helps in bone induction and the reestablishment of a normal alveolar process. [ 3 ] Thus, autotransplants can replace missing teeth along with preservation of the bone until growth has ceased for implants.…”

“…Autogenous tooth transplantation or autotransplantation first well documented in 1954 by M. L. Hale,[ 1 ] is the surgical movement of impacted, embedded or erupted tooth in one individual from its original location in the oral cavity to another extraction site or surgically prepared socket. [ 2 ] History dates back to 1050, when Abulcassis[ 3 ] first documented tooth transplantation by slaves in ancient Egypt who were forced to give their teeth to their pharaos. [ 1 ] In 1564, French dentist Ambroise Pare did the first surgery of tooth bud transplantation.…”

“…[ 2 ] In 1915, a Swedish surgeon Vidman described autogenic transplantation of teeth in dental literature. [ 3 ]…”

“…[ 2 ] Other conditions in which transplantation can be considered include tooth agenesis (especially of premolars and lateral incisors), traumatic tooth loss (auto transplantation of the developing mandibular second premolar to the place of avulsed maxillary incisors), atopic eruption of canines, uncontrolled root resorption, large endodontic lesions, cervical root fractures, localized juvenile periodontitis and after jaw reconstruction surgeries. [ 1 3 ]…”

Autotransplantation: A Better Way of Replacement.

“…Tooth transplantation is an excellent alternative for replacing missing teeth as it can serve and function as a normal tooth. [1] Tooth autotransplantation refers to the extraction of a tooth from one location and its replantation in a different location in the same individual. The new location may be a fresh extraction socket after extraction of a nonrestorable tooth, or an artificially drilled socket on an edentulous alveolar ridge.…”