Revascularization of the Periodontium After Tooth Grafting in Monkeys

¹ Department of Anatomy, The University of Michigan Medical Center, Veterans Administration Hospital, Ann Arbor 48104, USA and Annapolis Hospital, Detroit, Michigan

In replanted and homotransplanted teeth a vascular network developed in the blood clot between the two parts of the torn periodontium, which allowed the grafted ligament to regain its vascularity. When dentoalveolar ankylosis developed, the periodontal vasculature was split into a number of vascular clusters. In homotransplants, a definite cellular immunologic response by the host was absent. An acrylic radicular obturator was used.