Replantation of two avulsed teeth after 1 h of storage in adverse extraoral dry conditions: A thought-provoking outcome after a 15-month follow-up

Yinyue Luo; Zhongjun Ma; Zhijuan Tian; Song Wang; Li Chen; Xiaoming Xu

doi:10.1016/j.aanat.2020.151514

Replantation of two avulsed teeth after 1 h of storage in adverse extraoral dry conditions: A thought-provoking outcome after a 15-month follow-up

Ann Anat. 2020 Sep:231:151514. doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2020.151514. Epub 2020 Mar 27.

Authors

Yinyue Luo¹, Zhongjun Ma², Zhijuan Tian², Song Wang², Li Chen³, Xiaoming Xu⁴

Affiliations

¹ Dental Clinic of Minhang District, Shanghai, 201107, China; Department of Orthodontics, Shanghai Stomatological Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China.
² Dental Clinic of Minhang District, Shanghai, 201107, China.
³ Dental Clinic of Minhang District, Shanghai, 201107, China; Department of Orthodontics, Shanghai Stomatological Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China. Electronic address: [email protected].
⁴ Dental Clinic of Minhang District, Shanghai, 201107, China; Department of Orthodontics, Shanghai Stomatological Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, 200031, China. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 32229240
DOI: 10.1016/j.aanat.2020.151514

Abstract

This article reports a clinical case of an 8-year-old boy who sustained avulsion of the maxillary right central incisor and the maxillary left lateral incisor. The avulsed teeth were kept in adverse extraoral dry conditions for 1 h from the moment of trauma until their replantation. The prognosis of tooth replantation is dependent on multiple factors such as methods of teeth storage in vitro, endodontic intervention, extra-oral time, and type of retention employed. The main reasons for root resorption in this case may be the extra-oral time, the initial replantation, or the delayed endodontic treatment.

Keywords: Dental avulsion; Dental trauma prognosis; Replantation; Root resorption; Treatment.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child
Desiccation
Humans
Incisor*
Male
Time Factors
Tissue Preservation / standards*
Tooth Avulsion / surgery*
Tooth Replantation / methods
Tooth Replantation / standards*