The Canadian dentist who purchased John Lennon’s tooth has recently agreed to work with US researchers to explore the musician’s DNA. If the venture is successful, the tooth collector is interested in preserving the valuable information with the belief that it could be used in the future for cloning the famous Beatle. Edmonton, Alberta (PRWEB), … Read more
On March 23, during the 41st Annual Meeting & Exhibition of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction with the 36th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Dental Research, a symposium titled “TMJ: Stem Cell Biology and Engineering toward Clinical Translation” will provide a rare forum for multidisciplinary discussion of the biology, engineering … Read more
As simple as simple can be: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/edt.2012.28.issue-1/issuetoc This is social networking in the most exquisite form…………. Traumatic dental injuries and their association with malocclusion in the primary dentition of Irish children (pages 81–86) This is the last article to download, tell John Okeefe of the JCDA – he’ll be over the moon……… Learning should always be … Read more
IT’S become commonplace to criticize the “Occupy” movement for failing to offer an alternative vision. But the thousands of activists in the streets of New York and London aren’t the only ones lacking perspective: economists, to whom we might expect to turn for such vision, have long since given up thinking in terms of economic … Read more
From HealthPop.com by Ryan Jaslow (CBS/AP) Scientists are buzzing about a new stem cell breakthrough that they think could lead to personalized treatments for major diseases. What’s the breakthrough? Scientists say they’ve successfully cloned a human embryo that can create customized stem cells. For the study – published in the October 5 issue of Nature– detailed … Read more
Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man Imagine all the people Sharing all the world Tel Aviv University‘s Goldschleger School of Dental Medicine isolated oral mucosa cells and manipulated them into stem cells. These cells do not seem to age along with the rest of our bodies,researchers say. Read … Read more
The growth of CONNECTIVITY in all walks of life and commerce continues unabated as it should. Please note; some time back Oral Health approached MyDentalHub to develop MyDentalChronicles – a case report blog for any dentist who wished to share and care their work product and develop a body of work for Canadian dentists and … Read more
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from PRWeb.com There is a raft of new and innovative materials in the constellation of bone augmentation…. curasan AG Receives License for Ceracell® Dental in the USA curasan AG has received FDA certification for its new granular bone regeneration material Ceracell® Dental Kleinostheim, Germany, May 07, 2011 –(PR.com)– curasan AG, listed in the General Standard … Read more
By Christine Taxin – from Dental IQ In 2000, scientists at the NIH (NIDCR) discovered stem cells in teeth. These “dental” stem cells have already been used to regenerate alveolar bone and treat periodontal disease in human clinical studies. These are adult stem cells, not controversial embryonic stem cells. Dental stem cells are also being studied for … Read more
Mangano C et al. From Plos One – accelerating the publication of peer-reviewed science. The aim of this study was to evaluate the behavior of human Dental Pulp Stem Cells (DPSCs), as well as human osteoblasts,when challenged on a Biocoral scaffold,which is a porous natural hydroxyapatite. For this purpose, human DPSCs were seeded onto a … Read more
From Ingenta Connect Abstract: Image via Wikipedia Periodontitis is the most common cause for tooth loss in adults and advanced types affect 10-15% of adults worldwide. The attempts to save tooth and regenerate the periodontal apparatus including cementum, periodontal ligament, and alveolar bone reach to the dental tissue-derived stem cell therapy. Although there have been … Read more
From Dental Tribune The First International Conference on Dental and Craniofacial Stem Cells will take place April 27 to 29 in New York City. (DTI/Photo NYC and Company) Mar 29, 2011 | USA International conference on dental and craniofacial stem cells to be held in New York by Columbia University College of Dental Medicine NEW … Read more
Bioengineering of dental stem cells in a PEGylated fibrin gel March 2011, Vol. 6, No. 2, Pages 191-200 Kerstin M Galler, Adriana C Cavender, Umut Koeklue, Laura J Suggs, et al Aim: Postnatal stem cells can generate tooth-specific structures after transplantation in … Read more
Lexington, MA (PRWEB) March 9, 2011 Store-A-Tooth (TM) commends the scientists who report in the Journal of Dental Research (JDR) that stem cells from teeth can be transformed into cells that produce insulin in a glucose-dependent manner–a significant step toward developing stem-cell therapies for diabetes.(1) The finding is particularly important for type 1 diabetes, which … Read more
Research into the collection and use of dental stem cells are in the early phase,but already some are saying the future is promising. In Las Vegas,a couple of dentists will pull children’s teeth to ship them off so the stem cells could be harvested. “It’s a pretty easy process,” dentist Joshua Saxe said. “We just … Read more
Mey Alhabib’s mice just might put the Tooth Fairy out of business. Alhabib (SDM’12,’14),a postdoctoral student and endodontic resident at BU’s Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine, and her research supervisor, George Huang, the Herbert Schilder Chair in Endodontics and director of the school’s postdoctoral program in endodontics, have begun regenerating two major human … Read more
ScienceDaily (Sep. 10, 2010) — For most people, wisdom teeth are not much more than an annoyance that eventually needs to be removed. However, a new study appearing in the Sept. 17Journal of Biological Chemistry shows that wisdom teeth contain a valuable reservoir of tissue for the creation of stem cells; thus, everyone might be carrying around … Read more
by Daniel Zimmerman NEW YORK, USA/LEIPZIG, Germany: Dental implants could soon become a secondary choice for replacing natural teeth. According to new research from the College of Dental Medicine at Columbia University in New York, three-dimensional scaffolds infused with stem cells could yield an anatomically correct tooth in as soon as nine weeks once implanted. … Read more