Autotransplantation for treatment of regional odontodysplasia. Case report with 6-year follow-up.

Abstract

Regional odontodysplasia is an uncommon dental malformation with characteristic clinical and radiographic findings. Affected teeth appear discolored with irregularly shaped surfaces. Radiographically wide pulp chambers and thin poorly defined hard tissue outlines are typical features. This report describes a 9-year-old girl with recurrent and recalcitrant periapical infections as a result of unilateral mandibular odontodysplasia. With a 6-year follow-up, this is the longest documented case of regional odontodysplasia treated by tooth autotransplantation.

• Authors: T von Arx
• Journal: Oral surgery, oral medicine, oral pathology, oral radiology, and endodontics (Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol Endod) Vol. 85 Issue 3 Pg. 304-7 (Mar 1998) ISSN: 1079-2104 [Print] United States
• PMID: 9540088 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Bacterial Infections (surgery)
• Bicuspid (diagnostic imaging, pathology, transplantation)
• Child
• Dental Pulp Cavity (abnormalities, diagnostic imaging)
• Female
• Follow-Up Studies
• Humans
• Incisor (diagnostic imaging, pathology)
• Mandible (surgery)
• Odontodysplasia (diagnostic imaging, pathology, surgery)
• Periapical Diseases (microbiology, surgery)
• Radiography
• Tooth Discoloration (pathology)
• Transplantation, Autologous