[Free-end reconstruction by dento-osseous autotransplantation]

The authors describe an endosseal autotransplantation A tooth is extracted together with its parodontium and the surrounding bone. It is implanted into a different place where the bone had been prepared. Upper left unilateral free-end saddle cases were solved by removing the tooth No 24 into the place of No 27. A bridge was constructed after 6 weeks using the 23 as abutment. The metal-ceramic bridges have been used by the patients for 3 years without complaint.