Transplanted Teeth
(Rec. 8 p.m.) BOSTON, April 10. Dr. Walter Guralnick, a dental scientist, has said that teeth now are being transplanted successfully from one part of a patient’s mouth to fill a gap in another part of his mouth. Dr. Guralnick, dental surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and instructor in oral surgery at the Harvard School of Dental Medicine, brought four young persons with transplanted teeth to a demonstration before 150 other dentists and oral surgeons.
The transplanted teeth, some done four years ago. were all growing successfully. He suggested that a tooth-bank to replace diseased or knockedout teeth was well within the realm of possibility. Currently the transplants involved only the patient’s own teeth. The teeth used for transplantation were impacted teeth—teeth which had been formed but had not yet emerged from the gums.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28559, 12 April 1958, Page 13
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