Open AccessMalpositioned canine treatment with autotransplantation and laser
Author(s) -
Serap Keskin Tunç,
Mehmet Savas Kayasan,
Esma Özeroğlu,
Cennet Neslihan Eroğlu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the european journal of dentistry/the european journal of dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.625
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 1305-7464
pISSN - 1305-7456
DOI - 10.4103/ejd.ejd_355_16
Subject(s) - autotransplantation , medicine , surgery , transplantation
Children and young adults often have tooth loss due to congenital tooth deficiency, trauma, or caries. Autotransplantation has many benefits. The transplanted tooth can be moved orthodontically, maintains alveolar bone growth potential during eruption, and functional periodontal ligament function also permits tooth eruption, allows the defected areas to be filled with the bones; gingival contour is much more successful than the one obtained with prosthesis. In this paper, treatment steps and follow-up results of autotransplantation case supported with biostimulation are mentioned. A 14-year-old female patient was admitted to the clinic with a complaint of decayed tooth 53 and malposed tooth 13. Mobile primary tooth was pulled out, and the socket was shaped with surgical drills. By performing transplantation of ectopic canine, splint was applied with steel wire and composite. Diode laser was used to provide deep disinfection of canals. The patient underwent low-dose laser therapy for biostimulation immediately after these procedures. We did not encounter any ankylosis, root resorption, periodontal, or functional problems in our evaluation with computed tomography after 3 years follow-up of the patient.