DELAYED TOOTH REPLANTATION AND INFLAMMATORY ROOT RESORPTION IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE

Avulsion of one or more permanent teeth represents an emergency in dentistry. The main treatment is the replantation of the tooth/teeth as soon as possible to decrease possible complications. However, this is not always possible, and, in many cases, the patient undergoes a delayed replantation and subsequently prosthetic and implant treatments. This becomes problematic when the traumatized patient is a child; in this case, the goal is to maintain the space for the subsequent implant positioning and to give an adequate aesthetic result until the bone growth has ceased. A review on the incidence of the inflammatory root resorption onset after delayed replantation was carried out to check the frequency and severity of these complications.