Minced tooth pulp is being tested as a way to regenerate decayed teeth and reduce the number of extractions that are necessary. The pulp — the soft inner part of the teeth containing blood vessels and ...

San Diego, Calif., USA – Today, during the 89th General Session & Exhibition of the International Association for Dental Research, held in conjunction with the 40th Annual Meeting of the American ...

Researchers have developed a new method for extracting tooth root pulp that quadruples the number of stem cells that can be harvested and replicated to treat a variety of medical conditions. Stem ...

Stem cells are generic cells that have the ability to become any kind of specialized cell in the body. As such, they hold tremendous value in medicine; they could be used to regrow organs or to heal ...

Delivery of stem cells to damaged tooth roots using a collagen-derived biomaterial is effective at regenerating dental pulp-like tissue and shows promise as a potential therapy for restoring natural ...

A small, early-stage cavity or injury to the tooth—when the pulp tissue is still healthy—can be treated with a procedure called direct pulp capping (DPC). This technique protects the pulp and can ...

Of the many health care procedures you may have to undergo, a tooth extraction is probably among the least desirable. Hollywood script writers sometimes turn to tooth extraction (without an anesthetic ...

Dental caries, more commonly known as tooth decay or cavities, is the most widespread disease globally, affecting more than ...

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