Abstract

PEIXOTO, Aline Carvalho; MELO, Auremir Rocha  and  SANTOS, Thiago de Santana. Dental Transplantation: Literature Update and Case Report. Rev. cir. traumatol. buco-maxilo-fac. [online]. 2013, vol.13, n.2, pp. 75-80. ISSN 1808-5210.

Despite major advances in dentistry, with consequent reduction of the indications for extraction for periodontal disease and tooth decay, the practice of removing teeth may be treated conservatively is still routinely used in places where the socio-economic status is unfavorable. The therapeutic potential against a missing tooth are usually for prosthetic rehabilitation, implants and orthodontics, however, are treatments that often depend on financial condition. Thus, the dental transplant comes as a treatment option to all social strata, being called by some researchers "bioprosthetic". The main indications for the transfer of a natural tooth in its socket to another site is related to extensive caries, root resorption, periodontal disease, fractured coronorradicular, agenesis and aplasia of teeth, impacted teeth. The surgical procedure should be minimally traumatic to better prognosis of the tooth to be transplanted, since the periodontal ligament should not be manipulated by the need of periodontal tissue repair.

Keywords : transplantation; extractions; oral surgery.