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Intentional replantation – a ‘last resort’ treatment or a conventional treatment procedure? Nine case reports
Author(s) -
Peer Michael
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
dental traumatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.82
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1600-9657
pISSN - 1600-4469
DOI - 10.1046/j.1600-4469.2003.00218.x
Subject(s) - replantation , medicine , tooth replantation , ankylosis , treatment modality , dentistry , root resorption , dentition , orthodontics , surgery , resorption , pathology
– Intentional replantation is an accepted endodontic treatment procedure in which a tooth is extracted and treated outside the oral cavity and then inserted into its socket to correct an obvious radiographic or clinical endodontic failure. This article reviews nine cases of intentional replantation (IR) that show the feasibility of the procedure in a variety of indications. Only one case of replantation showed evidence of pathosis that reflected root resorption or ankylosis. This report suggests that IR is a reliable and predictable procedure and should be more often considered as a treatment modality in our efforts to maintain the natural dentition.