Staminal and pulpless tooth

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Cavalier Body - 08 Jul 2006 16:33 GMT

I know that some research is concerning the study of staminal cells to
create new teeth and use them instead of artificial prosthesis in
implantology.

Is it possibile that even a devitalised tooth could be replaced by a new
live tooth? Or no staminal could be extracted by pulpless tooth and no new
tooth could be made?

Thanks

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Mark & Steven Bornfeld - 08 Jul 2006 19:40 GMT

> I know that some research is concerning the study of staminal cells to
> create new teeth and use them instead of artificial prosthesis in
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> Thanks

    I haven't been following the research here, assuming that using
stem-cell research for replacing teeth is way down the priorities list.
    However, there may be other factors that may make this a particularly
good experimental model for stem cell research, so I don't know that it
isn't being looked at.
    Adult teeth (vital or not) generally contain well-differentiated cells.
For instance, pulpal cells (the type you WOULDN'T be able to get from
a non-vital tooth) contain mature fibroblasts, endothelial cells, neural
tissue etc. I would assume you'd have to use some kind of embryonal tissue.
    Is there any particular research that you've looked at?

Steve

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Cavalier Body - 09 Jul 2006 00:06 GMT

> I haven't been following the research here, assuming that using stem-cell
> research for replacing teeth is way down the priorities list.
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> tissue.
> Is there any particular research that you've looked at?

No. Nothing particular. Simply, that was told me by some dentists and i must
have read it on some magazines.

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Joel344 - 09 Jul 2006 02:31 GMT

YUP, I saw it in the Twilight Zone Magazine .....

You wrote,

Is there any particular research that you've looked at?

No. Nothing particular. Simply, that was told me by some dentists and
must
have read it on some magazines

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Joel34

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