A Biological Method to Substitute Missing or Lost Teeth and Alveolar Bone

Autotransplantation of teeth is an old method of tooth replacement, but it is receiving renewed interest, as treatment today is founded on evidencebased, long-term research. Autotransplantation of premolars has become a reliable treatment option for the treatment of certain orthodontic problems (Slagsvold and Bjercke, 1967, 1970. 1974, 1978a,b; Ravn and Nielsen, 1973; Northway and Konigsberg, 1980; Andreasen, 1981; Kristerson, 1985; Paulsen and Andreasen, 1985, 1990, 1998; Lagerstrom and Kristerson, 1986; Andreasen et al., 1988, 1989, 1999a,b,c,d; Paulsen, 1989, 1999, 2001; Kristerson and Kristerson, 1991; Paulsen and Zachrisson, 1992, Kugelbrg et al., 1994; Paulsen et al., 1995, 2001; Josefsson et al., 1999; Czochrowska et al., 2000a,b). Autotransplantation of incisors, canines and molars are not always as successful due to the more complex severity of the surgical problems during transplantation (Nordenram, 1963; Moss 1968, 1975; Oksala and Kallioniemi, 1977; Berglund et al., 1996; Akiyama et al., 1998; Guthua et al., 1994; Bauss et al., 2002; Gleiser and Jaramillo, 2002; Ioannidou and Makris, 2003).