[www.keralites.net] The end of root canals? Revolutionary 'stem cell fillings' trigger teeth to repair themselves

 

The end of root canals? Revolutionary 'stem cell fillings' trigger teeth to repair themselves

The horror of a root canal could soon be a thing of the past thanks to a radical new stem cell treatment.

Researchers say the new type of tooth filling can cause teeth to repair and regenerate themselves.

The approach could significantly impact millions of patients each year with dental fillings that help heal teeth when they are injured from dental disease or dental surgery.

Researchers from the University of Nottingham and the Wyss Institute at Harvard University developed the therapeutic synthetic, light-curable, biomaterials.

They allow native dental stem cells inside teeth to repair and regenerate dentin.

'We have designed synthetic biomaterials that can be used similarly to dental fillings but can be placed in direct contact with pulp tissue to stimulate the native stem cell population for repair and regeneration of pulp tissue and the surrounding dentin. 

'Our approach has great promise to impact the dental field and this prize provides a great platform to develop this technology further with industrial partners.'

The research won second prize in the materials category of the Royal Society of Chemistry's Emerging Technologies Competition 2016. 

David Mooney, the Pinkas Family Professor of Bioengineering at the John Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, added: 'These materials may provide an effective and practical approach to allow a patient to regenerate components of their own teeth.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3676060/The-end-root-canals-Revolutionary-stem-cell-fillings-trigger-teeth-repair-themselves.html#ixzz4DcCzfOEk 
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