Stem Cells from teeth

We have recently discovered that we can extract stem cells from the pulp of a tooth:

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/08/080827-tooth-stemcell.html

It is the pulp that responds to coherent light, in a bio-stimulatory way. The teeth are living, and have plenty of resources to heal. If you have no infection, decay or cracked fillings, and are yet facing a root canal, you can indeed avoid it by rejuvenating your tooth. ——————————————————————————————

Coherent light contact illumination to the teeth has been shown to:

• Decrease dental hypersensitivity. ^{245, 246}
• Help with pain from orthodontic adjustments.²⁴⁷
• Help teeth heal after drilling and fi lling. ²⁴⁸
• Have a positive eff ect on dental pulp. ²⁴⁹
• Help with pain after endodontic surgery.²⁵⁰
• Help bone heal better and stronger after dental implant surgery.^{251,252,253,254,255, 256}

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²⁵⁴ Effect Of Low-Power Laser Irradiation On Bony Implant Sites. Dortbudak O, Haas R, Mailath-

Pokorny G.Department of Oral Surgery, Dental School, University of Vienna, Austria.Clin Oral

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²⁵⁵ Eff ects Of Visible NIR Low Intensity Laser On Implant Osseointegration In Vivo. Laser Med Surg

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²⁴⁵ Eff ect of the clinical application of the GaAlAs laser in the treatment of dentine hypersensitivity.

Ana Lucia Marsilio, José Roberto Rodrigues, Alessandra Bühler Borges J Clin Laser Med Surg Oct

2003 (Vol. 21, Issue 5, Pages 291-6)

²⁴⁶ Th e effectiveness of the Nd:YAG laser in the treatment of dental hypersensitivity.Gelskey SC,

White JM, Pruthi VK.J Can Dent Assoc. 1993 Apr;59(4):377-8, 383-6.

²⁴⁷ A clinical investigation of the effi cacy of low level laser therapy in reducing orthodontic postadjustment

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²⁴⁸ Effects of low- power red laser on dentine– pulp interface after cavity preparation. An ultrastructural

study Bruno Miranda Godoy, Victor Elias Arana-Chavez, Silvia Cristina Núñez, Martha

Simµes Ribeiro Archives of Oral Biology September 2007 (Vol. 52, Issue 9, Pages 899-903)

²⁴⁹ Eff ect of GaAIAs Laser on Reactional Dentinogenesis Induction in Human Teeth Adriana Nayme

Segovia Ferreira, Landulfo Silveira, Walter Joao Genovese, Vera Cavalcante de Araujo, Lucio Frigo,

Ricardo Alves de Mesquita, Eduardo Guedes. Photomedicine and Laser Surgery. June 1, 2006,

24(3): 358-365. doi:10.1089/pho.2006.24.358.

²⁵⁰ Efficacy of low level laser therapy in reducing postoperative pain after endodontic surgery. A randomized

double blind clinical study. M. B. Kreislera, f1, H. Al Haja, N. Noroozia, B. Willershausenb

and B. D’hoedta International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Volume 33, Issue 1, February

2004, Pages 38-41

²⁵¹ Low-level laser therapy stimulates bone implant interaction: an experimental study in rabbits

Clin Oral Implants Res. 2004; 15 (3): 325-332. Khadra M, Ronold H J, Lyngstadaas S P, Ellingsen J

E, Haanaes H R.

²⁵² Osseointegration Of Endosseous Ceramic Implants After Postoperative Low-Power Laser Stimulation:

An In Vivo Comparative Study Guzzardella GA, Torricelli P, Nicoli-Aldini N, Giardino

R.Department of Experimental Surgery/Codivilla-Putti Research Institute, Rizzoli Orthopaedic

Institute, Bologna, Italy. Clin Oral Implants Res. 2003 Apr;14(2):226-32.