Long-term follow up of post-surgical tooth autotransplantation: a retrospective study.

Aim: The aim of the present retrospective study was to evaluate the long-term results of tooth autotransplantation using the survival and success rates of transplanted teeth as outcome variables.

Methods: Thirty patients received a total of 44 transplants of immature teeth from 1987 to 1997. Seventeen of those patients with 25 transplants were recalled 10-20 years after tooth transplantation for complete clinical and radiographic examinations, followed by questionnaires that examined the patients' degrees of satisfaction.

AFM force spectroscopy of the fibrinogen adsorption process onto dental implants.

Protein binding to implants is governed by the physicochemical properties of the biomaterial surface. The adhesion of a protein onto a solid surface is nonspecific. The aim of this study was to assess the adsorption process of fibrinogen at two different dental implants.