Did You Know there are Stem Cells in Wisdom Teeth?
The National Institutes of Health
has isolated a very powerful class of stem cells in the dental pulp of
teeth. These stem cells have the
capacity to differentiate into many types of tissue such as bone, cartilage,
liver, and muscle. This ability to
differentiate is referred to by researchers as ‘plasticity’. This makes the stem cells obtained from teeth
particularly valuable to medical researchers as they develop new therapies to
fight disease and repair injury.
Stem cells are specialized cells
that have the unique ability to regenerate and differentiate. They are the body’s repair and maintenance
cells. They fight disease, repair injury
and work to keep the body in good health.
Both the National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Health
and Human Services forecast that the almost limitless and lifesaving potential
of stem cells will revolutionize the medical field and how we fight disease and
repair injury. Today, hospitals are
utilizing stem cells to treat leukemia and heart failure and are growing and
transplanting organs derived from a patient’s own stem cells. Medical researchers in the emerging fields of
personalized and regenerative medicine are developing stem cell based therapies
to fight a variety of health conditions including, but not limited to, Diabetes,
Osteoporosis, Crohn’s Disease, Cancer, Parkinson’s Disease, Spinal Cord
Injuries and Alzheimer’s.
We studied the research on dental stem cells
and felt a sense of urgency to offer our patients an affordable and convenient
way to bank their families’ stem cells.
Partnering with StemSave allows us to offer our patients the opportunity
to secure their own powerful and valuable stem cells
during routine dental procedures.
To learn more about how you can
secure your family’s future health by banking their stem cells call our office
today or visit www.StemSave.com.
L. Stephen Vaughan, D.D.S, M.D.
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