Replacing resorbed maxillary central incisors with mandibular premolars.
A case report is presented on autotransplantation of a lower premolar into the upper central incisor area. A traumatized upper central incisor lost because of external root resorption was replaced by a premolar transplant taken from a crowded mandibular arch. The transplant showed excellent adaptation and the periapical inflammation noticed a few years after the operation was treated successfully with apicectomy.
Oikarinen
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Institute of Dentistry, University of Oulu, Finland.
D001641:Bicuspid / Q000637:transplantation*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D008310:Malocclusion / Q000601:surgery; D012391:Root Resorption; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic