A patient with protrusion and multiple missing teeth treated with autotransplantation and space closure.
OBJECTIVE
To present a patient treated with submerging autotransplantation (SA) of an immature premolar and subsequent orthodontic space closure (OSC) and to report a 10-year follow-up result.


METHODS
A 10-year-old boy had multiple missing premolars with an asymmetric pattern (maxillary right first and second premolars, teeth 14 and 15; maxillary left second premolar, tooth 25; and mandibular right second premolar, tooth 45). After considering several treatment options, tooth 35 with immature root development underwent SA into the missing site of tooth 15 at a depth 5 mm below the occlusal plane and was stabilized with sutures to create a symmetric missing condition of the premolars in the four quadrants.


RESULTS
Three months after autotransplantation, spontaneous eruption of the transplanted tooth was observed. Nine months after autotransplantation, presence of the lamina dura of the transplanted tooth was confirmed with a periapical radiograph. Active orthodontic treatment was initiated to reduce lip protrusion by closing the missing spaces of teeth 14, 25, 35, and 45 and to correct dental midline deviation. After 33 months of active orthodontic treatment, Class I canine and molar relationships were obtained. During the 10-year follow-up, the pulp vitality of the transplanted tooth was maintained without any pathologic findings, including root resorption or pulp canal obliteration.


CONCLUSIONS
In a patient with lip protrusion and multiple congenitally missing premolars with an asymmetric pattern, SA of one premolar from the normal quadrant into the quadrant missing two premolars with subsequent OSC of the missing sites of the other premolars can be an effective treatment modality.
a  Graduate Student (PhD) and Resident, Department of Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Jeong-Min
JM
Ko
Cheol-Ho
CH
Paik
Simon
S
Choi
Seung-Hak
SH
Baek
D000848:Anodontia / Q000628:therapy; D064592:Autografts / Q000637:transplantation*; D001641:Bicuspid / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000637:transplantation*; D002508:Cephalometry / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008312:Malocclusion, Angle Class II / Q000628:therapy*; D019516:Orthodontic Space Closure / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D016300:Radiography, Bitewing; D011862:Radiography, Panoramic; D016388:Tooth Loss / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome