Abstract

BackgroundThe activity of donor periodontal membrane is the key factor of autologous tooth healing. The application of digital aided design, 3D printing model and guide plate in autotransplantation of tooth (ATT) is expected to reduce the damage of periodontal membrane and preserve the activity of periodontal membrane, so as to improve the success rate of ATT. This study tried to prove the role of digital technology in improving the success rate of ATT, although there are differences in model accuracy in practice.MethodsWe included 41 tooth autotransplantation cases which assisted by 3D-printed donor models and surgical guides and divided them into two groups in accordance with whether the donor tooth could be placed successfully after the preparation of alveolar socket guided by the model tooth. Then, we compared and analyzed the preparation time of alveolar socket, extra-alveolar time, and number of positioning trials of the donor tooth between the two groups. We also included a comparison of the in vitro time of the donor tooth with that of 15 min. The incidence of complications was included in the prognostic evaluation.ResultsThe mean preparation time of the alveolar socket, mean extra-alveolar time of donor tooth, and mean number of positioning trials with donor tooth of 41 cases were 12.73 ± 6.18 min, 5.56 ± 3.11 min, and 2.61 ± 1.00, respectively. The group wherein the donor tooth cannot be placed successfully (15.57 ± 6.14 min, 7.29 ± 2.57 min) spent more preparation time of alveolar socket and extra-alveolar time than the group wherein the donor tooth can be placed successfully (9.75 ± 4.73 min, 3.75 ± 2.57 min). The number of positioning trials with the donor tooth of the group wherein the donor tooth cannot be placed successfully (3.19 ± 0.75) was higher than that of the other group (2.00 ± 0.86). There was no significant difference in survival rates between the two groups.ConclusionsCompared with the traditional tooth autotransplantation, the introduction of computer-aided design combined with 3D printing of the model tooth and surgical guides evidently shortens the preparation time of the alveolar socket and the extra-alveolar time of the donor tooth and reduces the number of positioning trials with the donor tooth regardless of the shape deviation between the model and actual teeth.

Highlights

  • The activity of donor periodontal membrane is the key factor of autologous tooth healing

  • The traditional autotransplantation of tooth (ATT) uses the donor tooth to prepare alveolar socket directly in the process of operation, which increases the extra-alveolar time of donor tooth and inevitably causes mechanical damage to the periodontal membrane on the root of the donor tooth, reducing the vitality of periodontal membrane cells

  • The most critical factor for the success of ATT is the presence of viable periodontal ligament (PDL) on the surface of donor tooth root [1]

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Introduction

The activity of donor periodontal membrane is the key factor of autologous tooth healing. The application of digital aided design, 3D printing model and guide plate in autotransplantation of tooth (ATT) is expected to reduce the damage of periodontal membrane and preserve the activity of periodontal membrane, so as to improve the success rate of ATT. This study tried to prove the role of digital technology in improving the success rate of ATT, there are differences in model accuracy in practice. The traditional ATT uses the donor tooth to prepare alveolar socket directly in the process of operation, which increases the extra-alveolar time of donor tooth and inevitably causes mechanical damage to the periodontal membrane on the root of the donor tooth, reducing the vitality of periodontal membrane cells. The most critical factor for the success of ATT is the presence of viable periodontal ligament (PDL) on the surface of donor tooth root [1]

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