A 12 year-old girl presented with an avulsed maxillary central incisor for a trauma occurred two days earlier. The avulsed tooth was endodontically treated and replanted. Regardless of the ankylosis and replacement root resorption the tooth was retained for a very favourable nine-year period after trauma. In addition no severe infraposition occurred. When the extraction was necessary, despite the slight atrophy, as a result of compromised alveolar bone development due to ankylosis, an implant-supported crown was placed as definitive rehabilitation without recourse to bone augmentation procedures. In conclusion, delayed replantation in children will require long-term therapeutic commitment. In favourable cases, tooth with delayed replantation might be retained for a very long time thus avoiding the bone atrophy that would have accompanied early tooth loss and, consequently, reducing grafting requirements when a definitive implant-supported restoration will be required.
Balleri, P., Veltri, M., Ferrari, M. (2010). An eleven-year case report of an avulsed maxillary central incisor after delayed replantation. MINERVA STOMATOLOGICA, 59(5), 291-296.
An eleven-year case report of an avulsed maxillary central incisor after delayed replantation
Balleri, Piero;Veltri, Mario;Ferrari, Marco
2010-01-01
Abstract
A 12 year-old girl presented with an avulsed maxillary central incisor for a trauma occurred two days earlier. The avulsed tooth was endodontically treated and replanted. Regardless of the ankylosis and replacement root resorption the tooth was retained for a very favourable nine-year period after trauma. In addition no severe infraposition occurred. When the extraction was necessary, despite the slight atrophy, as a result of compromised alveolar bone development due to ankylosis, an implant-supported crown was placed as definitive rehabilitation without recourse to bone augmentation procedures. In conclusion, delayed replantation in children will require long-term therapeutic commitment. In favourable cases, tooth with delayed replantation might be retained for a very long time thus avoiding the bone atrophy that would have accompanied early tooth loss and, consequently, reducing grafting requirements when a definitive implant-supported restoration will be required.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
https://hdl.handle.net/11365/10497
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