Factors affecting healing after experimentally delayed tooth transplantation

The relative roles of root surfaces and socket walls in transplantation healing was studied in the monkey. In each animal, maxillary incisors were transplanted to contralateral sockets so that roots out of the mouth for longer periods were placed in sockets vacated for shorter times. In like manner, teeth out of the mouth for short periods of time were placed in sockets vacated for longer periods. The results show that the changes that occur in the undisturbed bony socket with time have a part in the subsequent healing of transplanted teeth.