[Clinical study of autotransplanting of impacted anterior tooth and premolar].
OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the effect of autotransplantation of impacted anterior tooth and premolar.


METHODS
Nineteen teeth of 19 patients were made autotransplantation. Fifteen impacted anterior teeth were transplanted to their normal positions. Four premolars were transplanted into missing anterior spaces. Four weeks after surgical procedure, root canal therapy was underwent. Clinical and radiographic examintation of 19 transplanted teeth were carried out after 18-months to 5-years.


RESULTS
Nineteen teeth were stable with no sign of inflammatory resorption or periapical lesion.


CONCLUSIONS
Autotransplantation may be a better treatment method to impacted tooth and missing anterior when they can't be treated by orthodontic method.
Huang
Jian-Sheng
JS
Dept. of Very Important People, Guangdong Provincial Stomatological Hospital, Stomatological Hospital of the Nanfang Medical University, Guangzhou 510280, China.
Zhou
Lei
L
Xu
Shu-Lan
SL
Wu
Ying
Y
Song
Guang-Bao
GB
D001641:Bicuspid; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008963:Molar; D012390:Root Canal Therapy; D014070:Tooth; D014092:Tooth Root; D014095:Tooth, Impacted; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous