AUTOTRANSPLANTATION: REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

With the long term success of the dental implants which provide satisfactory patient comfort, in some situations autotransplantation may be the choice of treatment for missing and impacted tooth. again impacted teeth, especially the maxillary canines if they can be treated with orthodontics but the patient does not want it because of economic insufficiency or lack of time etc. autotransplantation can be considered. because it improves aesthetics; allows normal alveolar and facial growth; maintains arch integrity, phonetics, occlusion and the sense of proprioception which dental implants do not have, it has many advantages. besides, it is economically viable and fastest way to replacing missing tooth. autotransplantation has high success rate if the prognostic factors taken into consideration. in this literatüre review, autotransplantation with aspects of success rates, prognostic factors, complications and different treatment methods were presented.