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This afternoon, a patient of mine told me about a news item she saw on the news last night which mentioned that some sort of ultrasound device has been developed to stimulate tooth growth and I just checked it out. Absolutely fascinating ! I would like to get my hands on that article published in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.
"If the root is broken, it can now be fixed," said Dr. Tarak El-Bialy of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. "And because we can regrow the teeth root, a patient could have his own tooth rather than foreign objects in his mouth.
Participants held the bulky ultrasound device for 20 minutes a day for four weeks against a tooth that had a problem, such as erosion after a root canal.
Dr. Tarak El-Bialy of the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. (CBC) When El-Bialy looked at the extracted teeth under the microscope, he found new tissue was added to the roots of treated teeth, but not to untreated ones. The therapy regenerates the inner part of the tooth, but not the enamel."
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/06/28/teeth-grow.html
"If the root is broken, it can now be fixed," said Dr. Tarak El-Bialy of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. "And because we can regrow the teeth root, a patient could have his own tooth rather than foreign objects in his mouth.
Participants held the bulky ultrasound device for 20 minutes a day for four weeks against a tooth that had a problem, such as erosion after a root canal.
Dr. Tarak El-Bialy of the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. (CBC) When El-Bialy looked at the extracted teeth under the microscope, he found new tissue was added to the roots of treated teeth, but not to untreated ones. The therapy regenerates the inner part of the tooth, but not the enamel."
http://www.cbc.ca/story/science/national/2006/06/28/teeth-grow.html
