Tooth Autotransplantation
Tooth Autotransplantation
Tooth Autotransplantation
Feature
Tooth Autotransplantation:
Overview
When one hears the word
transplant, many think of organs
such as kidney, lung, liver, or heart.
Often those organs save lives, so that
is appropriate. Most people, however,
are unaware that a procedure to
transplant teeth exists as well. Tooth
autotransplantation provides a viable
and predictable treatment option
that has been studied for many
decades. Over the last 20 years,
implants have become such a popular
treatment to replace missing teeth
that autotransplantation has been
overlooked by many dentists. Yet the
goal of any tooth autotransplant is the
same as that of an implant: to replace
a missing or non-restorable tooth,
and to provide increased function
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Clinical Feature
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Implant
Autotransplant
Function
Cost
Time
Treatment of
complications
Esthetics
The procedure
of a successful
tooth transplant
must start with a
thorough clincal
and radiographic
examination.
Sequence/Procedure
The procedure of a successful tooth
transplant must start with a thorough
clinical and radiographic examination.
Having as accurate an idea as possible
of the size of the donor tooth and the
recipient site makes the procedure go
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Suture
xation is the
preferred and
best option.
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Clinical Feature
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Further research
could provide
methods to make
tooth banks
a reality.
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Different forms of life in different aspects of existence make up the teeming denizens
of this earth of ours and all things primarily seek peace, comfort, and security. Life
is as dear to a mute creature as it is to a man. Just as one wants happiness and fears
pain, just as one wants to live and not to die, so do other creatures.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
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