Treatment of luxation traumatic injuries: definition and classification in the literature.

Luxation traumatic injuries affect the hard tissues and may involve periodontal tissues in severe cases. Periodontal healing must be considered during treatment of traumatic injuries that result in total luxation of the teeth. Pulpal healing is essential for the endodontic prognosis of a reimplanted tooth, as well as for its periodontal healing.

Intra-alveolar surgical uprighting of impacted teeth: a case report.

Although orthodontic repositioning of impacted teeth is widely used, the treatment has its limitations. Autotransplantation or intra-alveolar surgical repositioning of teeth is an alternative therapy that may be used in selected cases of desperate impactions, when orthodontic extrusion is unsuccessful or when orthodontic treatment is rejected by the patient. A case report is presented to stress both the indications and limitations of a modified technique of intra-alveolar surgical uprighting of impacted teeth.

A new concept of education and knowledge retrieval through network systems.

Recent epidemiological investigations reveal increasing figures of prevalence of dental traumatology; however, basic and clinical research is rather scarce in the scientific literature. The development of computer technologies and the advent of communication pathways through network systems offer increased opportunities to disseminate theoretical and practical data on dento-facial traumatisms. A new server launched on Internet, the global network system, is described and proposed to allow better recognition and information sharing through both practitioners and institutions in the field of dental traumatology.