Dr Marcel Linssen

Marcel Linssen got his doctoral degree in dentistry at Utrecht University in 1988 and finished his Dental examinations at the Catholic University of Nijmegen in 1989. From 1991 onwards he was one of the founding fathers of a large general dental clinic in Rotterdam. From 2012 onwards he is working at PRO-Rotterdam, a reference clinic for prosthodontics and restorative dentistry, and PROCLIN, a clinic for the interdisciplinary treatment of dento-alveolar trauma, amelogenesis imperfecta, oligodontia, treatment of wear in combination with orthodontics and autotransplants.

Dental Trauma, an interdisciplinary approach.

When confronted with dental trauma, agenesis of teeth or tooth impaction in patients with developing bone structures, replacement of teeth presents challenges. Providing options for the patients having an optimal functional and aesthetically pleasing replacement which adapts in time to the development of the patient, are limited. The choice for tooth autotransplantation is part of an interdisciplinary treatment planning. It is mandatory for an optimal treatment planning, to select the appropriate patient and the donor tooth, as well as to monitor successful healing and to establish normal occlusion after transplantation. Different specialists are involved in the team including an orthodontist, an endodontist, a periodontist or an oral surgeon and a restorative dentist or pedodontist. Based on well documented cases over the last 20 years the different choices to replace teeth after dental trauma will be presented.

After this lecture you will be able to:

1) describe the process for tooth transplantation

2) name ten advantages of tooth transplantation

3) describe the preconditions and indications of tooth transplantation

4) make the correct choice for endodontic treatment concerning tooth transplantation

5) describe the development of the endodontium and periodontium after transplantation