Transplantation of a tooth involved in dentigerous cyst.

Abstract

CASE REPORT:

To salvage an uneruputed tooth within a dentigerous cyst, the retransplantation of the unerupted premolar involved in the dentigerous cyst was performed. In the present case a dentigerous cyst with the impacted maxillary second premolar of a 10-year-old boy was removed, because of the missing eruption after marsupialisation of the premolar 4 months earlier. Covering the crown and the one third of root, the cyst was removed from the tooth, and the premolar was retransplanted into a cavity created between the premolar and first molar in the maxilla. The tooth was fixed with resin and a twisted wire for 1 month. Two years after transplantation, the tooth responded positively to pulp vitality tests but did not move toward the occlusal line, and dental X-ray showed a lamina dura, mineralisation of the pulp cavity, no root resorption and development.

• Authors: R Sasaki, N Takanashi, T Chigono
• Journal: European journal of paediatric dentistry (Eur J Paediatr Dent) Vol. 13 Issue 4 Pg. 342-4 (Dec 2012) ISSN: 1591-996X [Print] Italy
• PMID: 23270297 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Bicuspid (transplantation)
• Child
• Dentigerous Cyst (surgery)
• Humans
• Male
• Maxillary Diseases (surgery)
• Splints
• Tooth Extraction
• Tooth, Deciduous (surgery)
• Tooth, Unerupted (surgery)