The transplantation and surgical movement of developing teeth.
There has now been one hundred years of study, research and clinical application into the possibility of transplantation of tooth germs, and a short review of the literature is given. Two clinical cases are described in which replacement of upper incisors has been successfully achieved by auto transplantation of a developing lower bicuspid and upper canines respectively. Long term follow up of such cases now extends over a decade and it is suggested that this technique has reached a stage now hen it can be recommended to the dental profession generally as a worthwhile clinical approach.
D000059:Accidents; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000254:growth & development; D014097:Tooth, Unerupted / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery / Q000637:transplantation*; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous