Autotrasplante dental. Revisión de la literatura y reporte de un caso

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this research was to conduct a literature review on Dental Autotransplantation: Literature Review and to report a case. METERIALS AND METHODS: A literature search was carried out using the electronic databases Web of Science, Scopus, Lilacs and Google Scholar, 31 articles published during the last five years (2017-2021), in Spanish and English, were analyzed. taking into account the quality and relevance to the topic. A case was reported carried out in the dental specialties center of the Catholic University of Cuenca, Azogues, of a 19-year-old patient in whom tooth 1.8 was transplanted to the alveolus of tooth 4.6 using a one-step atraumatic technique, with follow-up. clinical and radiographic of 2 years. CONCLUSIONS: dental autotransplantation should be among the first therapeutic options for premature loss, because it offers a favorable success rate and several advantages such as the preservation of natural dentition, bone formation and revascularization. The selection of the case to be considered must comply with several factors that determine the success of the treatment.