Abstract
Family dentists have the opportunity to perform autotransplantation of tooth and dental trauma under ideal conditions. The most ideal donor tooth is that with an incomplete root, and the key to success is to perform the graft with appropriate root development stage.
The patients often visit family dentists from their infancy, and through maintenance, they can monitor the presence or absence of congenital defects of permanent teeth and the availability of suitable donors, and wait for the appropriate time for transplantation. In addition, depending on the patient’s risk of tooth loss during maintenance, it is possible to estimate with higher degree of confidence whether or not the donor tooth can be preserved. With regard to traumatized teeth, the treatment of avulsed teeth and the treatment of patients immediately after injury are especially important. Family dentists can improve the outcome of treatment of avulsed teeth by providing patients who attend maintenance appointments with information on how to respond to the injury.
