The Success Rate of Intentional Replantation in Permanent Teeth: An Umbrella Review

Abstract

Background: Tooth replantation is known to be a precise and predictable procedure. Although the success of this procedure is dependent on multiple variables, there is still not enough literature that documents the replantation process precisely describing the outcomes of intentional reimplantation. Therefore, this umbrella review aims to analyze the outcomes of intentional reimplantation, both patient and treatment-related, and assess the operative factors that would affect the same. The study evaluates and critically appraises the evidence for the outcomes of intentional reimplantation, both patient and treatment-related, and assesses the operative factors that would affect the same.

Materials and Methods: PubMed, Google Scholar, Cochrane, Scopus, and Embase were used to search the literature published in the English language without any restrictions for the date of publication. Any systematic review describing the procedure of intentional reimplantation with or without meta-analysis was included. Reported details of Intentional reimplantation were extracted from the selected articles.

Results:  A total of n=7 systematic reviews were included in the final data analysis. The mean survival rate of intentional replantation is 84.02 on 12-month follow-up.

Conclusion: Intentional replantation is a viable treatment option that can be chosen over tooth extraction and implantation. This procedure has a high success rate and is also cost-effective when other conventional treatments.