No more fillings? Gel regenerates teeth
source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37978810/ns/health-oral_health/?gt1=43001
Dentists could soon hang up their drills. A new peptide, embedded in a soft gel or a thin, flexible film and placed next to a cavity, encourages cells inside teeth to regenerate in about a month, according to a new study in the journal ACS Nano. This technology is the first of its kind.
The new gel or thin film could eliminate the need to fill painful cavities or drill deep into the root canal of an infected tooth.
"It's not like toothpaste," which prevent cavities, said Nadia Benkirane-Jessel, a scientist at the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale and a co-author of a recent paper. "Here we are really trying to control cavities (after they develop)."
Drilling teeth and filling them is safe and effective. Dentists fill millions of cavities each year across the United States. However, though dentists numb the tooth, many patients still rue the sound of that drill.
The new research could make a trip to the dentist's office more pleasant, said Berkirane-Jessel. Instead of a drill, a quick dab of gel or a thin film against an infected tooth could heal teeth from within.
Wow. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we never again have to feel the pain of a dentist's drill?
The new gel or thin film could eliminate the need to fill painful cavities or drill deep into the root canal of an infected tooth.
"It's not like toothpaste," which prevent cavities, said Nadia Benkirane-Jessel, a scientist at the Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale and a co-author of a recent paper. "Here we are really trying to control cavities (after they develop)."
Drilling teeth and filling them is safe and effective. Dentists fill millions of cavities each year across the United States. However, though dentists numb the tooth, many patients still rue the sound of that drill.
The new research could make a trip to the dentist's office more pleasant, said Berkirane-Jessel. Instead of a drill, a quick dab of gel or a thin film against an infected tooth could heal teeth from within.
Wow. Wouldn't it be wonderful if we never again have to feel the pain of a dentist's drill?
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jubal
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If this really becomes viable...it will be a boon for the dental industry and a huge benefit to people loosing their teeth to cavities.
- 1 year ago
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jubal
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Omnomynous
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That's great but this treatment is so new, it will still be years before the majority of us will benefit.
- 1 year ago
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Omnomynous
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littlwarrior
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dude cool, i hate my fillings, they are funny looking, and they have a weird texture on my tounge, its not like huge its just like kinda noticible idk i hate it, so will this mean we could get rid of our old fillings? i want to do that tots.
- 1 year ago
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littlwarrior
