title: Indications for the use of auto-transplantation of teeth in the child and adolescent.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Tooth auto-transplantation has been successfully performed for over 50 years and yet the procedure has still to receive the widespread acceptance that it deserves.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This study demonstrates the numerous clinical situations in which auto-transplantation can be used in order to give a child or adolescent an excellent biological long-term replacement.
  
  
  METHODS
  Seven cases are presented that demonstrated the versatility of auto-transplantation in a range of clinical situations. The aim was to show that this technique is not only useful for replacing teeth that are lost due to trauma but has applications for the replacement of teeth that are developmentally missing, or teeth with otherwise poor long-term prognosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  All cases presented were managed with autotransplatation and included patients with hypodontia, trauma, dilacerated incisors, ankylosis, failed endodontic treatment and aesthetic management of a patient with cleft lip and palate.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Medium and long-term outcomes were demonstrated.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Auto-transplantation provides an excellent outcome in a growing child with the advantage that it is a biologically compatible method of tooth replacement, which promotes pulp and periodontal healing and enables orthodontic movement if necessary.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Leeds Dental Institute, Clarendon Way, Leeds, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Waldon
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Barber
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Spencer
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Duggal
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000637:transplantation; D002648:Child; D003481:Cuspid / Q000637:transplantation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007180:Incisor / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000293:injuries; D008297:Male; D010483:Periapical Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D012391:Root Resorption / Q000209:etiology; D014070:Tooth / Q000637:transplantation*; D020254:Tooth Ankylosis / Q000601:surgery; D014084:Tooth Avulsion / Q000601:surgery; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000534:rehabilitation; D014090:Tooth Replantation; D014092:Tooth Root / Q000002:abnormalities; D019553:Tooth, Nonvital / Q000628:therapy; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome