Alternative treatment plan for congenitally missing teeth in an adolescent patient: A case report.

CONCLUSIONS AND PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS: The autotransplanted right premolar showed normal physiological adaptation, whereas the tooth on the left side was ankylosed. The short-term results show that autotransplantation, which requires high technical sensitivity, may provide a biological and economical alternative to tooth replacement.
PMID: 31229255 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of the American Dental Association - June 25, 2019 Category: Dentistry Tags: J Am Dent Assoc Source Type: research