Would you like to know a little about the Dental Stem Cells?
- Stem Cells are young, primitive and unspecialized cells with the potential to renew and differentiate into any desired tissue or organ.
- Stem cell therapy involves the introduction of new, healthy cells into damaged tissue to treat the disease or injury.
- Dental stem cells are found in the dental pulp, the soft tissue inside the tooth.
- Milk teeth(20) and wisdom teeth(4) are good sources of dental stem cells. So, instead of discarding the milk teeth which naturally falls, we can use it to harvest dental stem cells for future use in the face of serious ailments.
- The tooth is sent to the bank or lab where stem cells are processed, isolated and cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen at 175°C for future use.
- Banking one’s stem cells, eliminates the need to find a suitable donor and associated complications in the future when the need arises.
Dental stem cell banking is a more viable option than the other common source, the umbilical cord blood banking for the following reasons :
Dr.Smilez Dental Center is now authorized for Stem Cell Banking. For more detailed information, visit your nearest Dr.Smilez center.
