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The aim was to assess sensibility recovery and periapical healing in necrotic mature teeth with periapical radiolucency.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Twenty-one patients were randomly allocated into three groups (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009=\u20097): autologous pulp transplantation, pulp transplantation with CGF, and conventional RCT. Donor pulp tissues were obtained from non-carious third molars. Follow-up examinations were performed at 3, 6, and 12 months. Sensibility was assessed using electrical pulp testing, and periapical healing was evaluated by periapical radiographs and cone-beam computed tomography. Statistical analyses included non-parametric tests (Kruskal\u2013Wallis and Wilcoxon) and categorical comparisons (chi-square\/Fisher\u2019s exact) (\u03b1\u2009=\u20090.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Positive sensibility response was observed in 71.4% of teeth in the pulp transplantation group and 42.9% in the CGF group, while no sensibility recovery occurred in the RCT group. All groups showed periapical healing, with the greatest lesion reduction in the pulp transplantation group (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.01). No adverse events were reported.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Autologous dental pulp transplantation appears to be a safe and promising approach for necrotic mature teeth, whereas the addition of CGF did not provide additional clinical benefit in this cohort.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Clinical relevance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Autologous dental pulp transplantation may represent a viable regenerative alternative to conventional RCT in necrotic mature teeth, with the potential to promote periapical healing and partial sensibility recovery without additional biological adjuncts.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00784-026-06850-7","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,28]],"date-time":"2026-03-28T04:21:13Z","timestamp":1774671673000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Pulp transplantation in necrotic mature teeth with periapical radiolucency"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"30","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-5858-1951","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Elife \u00dclk\u00fc","family":"Tatar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0009-0903-7129","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Esra","family":"Balkanlioglu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2103-0826","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Aliye","family":"Kamalak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,28]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"6850_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"377","DOI":"10.1016\/j.joen.2006.09.013","volume":"33","author":"PE Murray","year":"2007","unstructured":"Murray PE, Garcia-Godoy F, Hargreaves KM (2007) Regenerative endodontics: a review of current status and a call for action. 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