Experiments with autogenous dental transplants in dogs

Abstract

Thirty-two autogenous dental transplantations were performed on four beagle dogs. Resorption seemed inevitable in all of the different techniques that were used. These included (1) autoclaving at 212° F. for 30 minutes, (2) extirpation of the transplants, (3) scraping of transplants from vital building cells of periodontal membrane, or cementum, which seemed not to affect the resorption rate and (4) the use of a stainless steel post and stump, which could be employed successfully to mediate between the inevitable resorption and the hand fixation of metallic implants.