Bank Your Wisdom Tooth and Save Lives

If you feel you’ve lost out on regenerative medicine benefits by not banking your umbilical cord, rest easy. For, you could now make up for that oversight by donating your teeth to a dental stem cell bank – it could help in treating a variety of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s in adults.

It’s now possible to store dental stem cells for use in the future.

There are 2 types of adult stem cells – hematopoietic stem cells which form blood cells & mesenchymal stem cells which form connective tissues. The dental cells are mesenchymal cells that could possibly treat diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Dental stem cells, due to their site of origin, are more versatile than the hematopoetic cells.

The biggest plus point in favor of dental stem cell banking is that it’s a non-invasive procedure & the teeth wouldn’t be of any use to the individual who would, in any case throw them away. Moreover it’s an excellent opportunity for people who’ve passed up the chance of storing their cord blood cells to freeze their dental stem cells, since it’s possible to extract dental stem cells at any stage.

In contrast to umbilical cord cells that are used in treating blood-related diseases such as thalassemia, and leukemia, dental stem cells are capable of treating certain types of cancer, periodontal diseases, heart disease, and could also be used in growing replacement teeth & bone.

The dental cell extraction procedure needs to be carried out while the wisdom teeth are about to be removed or the milk teeth are about to fall. The source of stem cells is the dental pulp of teeth and the pulp tends to be more usable when there’s a blood supply. The dental cells are highly regenerative & multiply fast.

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