Re-inventing intentional replantation: a modification of the technique
Niemczyk, S.P.
Practical Procedures and Aesthetic Dentistry Ppad 13(6): 433-439; Quiz 440
2001
ISSN/ISBN: 1534-6846 PMID: 11544815 Document Number: 528916
Intentional Replantation (IR) has traditionally been considered a treatment of last resort due to complications during extraction, handling, and replantation. Root resorption and failure often resulted from drying of the root surface during extraoral manipulations. Replantation techniques have been recently modified to prevent desiccation. This article presents a modified IR technique with continuous immersion of the tooth in a tissue culture solution. This allows extension of the extraoral time period to permit inspection of the root surfaces, precise root-end resections and preparations, and placement of root-end fillings.