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Lost Tooth Can Give You New Tooth!
Posted by soumya | Posted in What's New!! | Posted on 22-06-2010
A group of dentists at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital has developed a process by which lost/ extracted tooth can be used as material for transplantation into sites where bone is deficient and hence required as a foundation for future dental implants.
They developed a one – week processing method to mill the teeth into tooth transplantation material. This material can then be injected into the gums and within 2 – 3 months the bone takes up this material and become part of the original bone.
This not only gives an advantage to the person who lost his / her tooth but also for his / her relative or family member. In such a case, a father for example can use tooth material from his son’s milk tooth, to be used as transplantation material to augment his own bone to facilitate implant placement in future.
Currently , bone from other animal or artificial bone material is used. Definitely this development is of immense importance and can usher in a new era of future rehabilitation procedures.
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