AUTOTRANSPLANTATION OF TEETH IMMEDIATELY AFTER EXTRACTION OF UNRESTORABLE TEETH USING TOOTH DONOR REPLICA: A CASE SERIES

Minh Tri Vo1,, Nhut Khue Truong1, Hoang Nam Nguyen1, Thi Kim Ngoc Tran1
1 Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy

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Background: Autotransplantation of tooth is a considerable option for treating missing teeth when a donor tooth is available. Objectives: To report the success rate in clinical aspect for the autotransplantation to fresh socket using replica of donor tooth. Materials and methods: The study enrolled 12 patients whose unrestorable teeth (2 males and 10 females) and were treated by autotransplantation using replica of donor tooth. Transplanted teeth were stabilized with wire splint to adjacent teeth for 2 weeks. Postoperatively, the transplanted teeth were examined clinically and radiographically Results: The extra-alveolar time of donor teeth was less than 1 minute. The outcome met the success criteria in 11 of the 12 cases, for 91.6% success rate. Conclusions: Replica of donor tooth helps surgeon reduce the extra-alveolar time of donor tooth, which increases the success rate of autotransplantation.

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