Tooth transplant breakthrough: new method aims to restore blood flow
NCT ID NCT05267249
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at a new way to transplant mature teeth that might help them regain blood supply. Researchers reviewed the outcomes of 16 people who had this procedure. The goal was to see if the teeth survived and if blood flow returned.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- procedure
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this technique could improve the success rate of tooth transplants by helping them regain blood flow.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small, retrospective study with only 16 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The technique is still new and needs more research.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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16 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2021
- Finished
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Feb 2022
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients who underwent Autotransplantation of mature teeth with simultaneous apicoectomy between July 2017 and July 2020
- Ages
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12 to 70 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Male and female consenting and judicious young people and adults * Written consent of the participant and, if applicable, of the legal guardian after education * Planned tooth transplantation with advanced or completed root growth Exclusion Criteria: * Contraindications for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): (pronounced metal restorations, running orthodontics with metal, fixed appliance in the target jaw) * Current or past antiresorptive therapy with bisphosphonates * Further anamnestic general or local risk situation, among others: Anti-angiogenic therapy, History of local radiation therapy, severe coagulation disorder, unadjusted diabetes mellitus, malignant diseases * Acute gingivitis or advanced periodontitis * Participation in an ongoing drug trial (various drugs may distort the result, such as bisphosphonates, cortisone, chemotherapeutics, angiogenesis inhibitors) * heavy smokers (\> 10 per day) * Acute or chronic infections (osteomyelitis) at the surgical site * metabolic diseases (diabetes, hyperparathyroidism, osteomalacia) * Severe kidney dysfunction, severe liver disease * Patients with high-dose corticosteroid therapy * prolonged corticosteroid or radiotherapy in the oral cavity * autoimmune diseases * Pregnant or breastfeeding women
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Medical University of Graz
Graz, Styria, 8010, Austria
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