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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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| Issue : 3 | Page : 61-64 |
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Autotransplantation of tooth in geriatric patient
Suryakanth M Pai, Piyusha S Patil, Suryakanth M Pai, Piyusha S Patil
Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Pediatric and Preventive Dentist, DenSure Clinic, Mangalore, India
Correspondence Address:
Piyusha S Patil
#954, 1st Floor, 16th Main, B.T.M 2nd Stage, Bangalore - 560 076, Karnataka
India
Piyusha S Patil
#954, 1st Floor, 16th Main, B.T.M 2nd Stage, Bangalore - 560 076, Karnataka
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2347-4610.119793
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Case report of a 70-year-old female patient showing the effective rehabilitation of function and esthetics with the help of a fixed bridge in which an autotransplanted tooth was used as abutment in the upper arch. The case report emphasizes the possibility of using autotransplants - in geriatric patients; and - as an abutment for fixed prosthesis in rehabilitating occlusion. |
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