Case Report

Autotransplantation of Ectopic Permanent Maxillary Incisors

Table 1

Postoperative assessment of autotransplantation of teeth.

The following parameters are to be assessed and recorded during review appointments

ClinicalNormal value
 (i) Recession (measured to the cement-enamel junction or CEJ) (i) No recession
 (ii) Tooth mobility (grades 0–3) (ii) Grade 0 or physiological mobility
 (iii) Periodontal pockets depth (only done post-op > 6 months) (iii) Pocket 3 mm or less
 (iv) Bleeding on probing (presence or absence) (iv) No bleeding
 (v) Percussion test (tenderness and sound) (v) No tenderness and normal sound
 (vi) Colour of crown (vi) Normal colour
 (vii) Vitality testing (electric pulp and cold test) (vii) Positive

RadiographicNormal value
 (i) Root growth (i) Continuation of root growth
 (ii) Dentinal walls of root (ii) Thickening of dentinal walls of root
 (iii) Periapical radiolucency (iii) Resolving periapical radiolucency
 (iv) Lamina dura (iv) Presence of lamina dura
 (v) Pulp obliteration (v) No obliteration

Intervals of follow-up

Review dates are given as follows:
 (i) 1 week post-op: review splint and oral hygiene
 (ii) 2 weeks post-op: review splint and oral hygiene
 (iii) 1 month and 2 months post-op: remove splint and carry out clinical and radiographic assessment
 (iv) 4 months, 6 months, 1 year post-op, and yearly: carry out clinical and radiographic assessment