Ultrasound may help regrow teeth | EurekAlert! Science News
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-06/uoa-umh062806.php
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-06/uoa-umh062806.php
28-JUN-2006
Using low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS), Dr. Tarak El-Bialy from the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and Dr. Jie Chen and Dr. Ying Tsui from the Faculty of Engineering have created a miniaturized system-on-a-chip that offers a non-invasive and novel way to stimulate jaw growth and dental tissue healing.
$1M granted for tooth regrowth study | CBC News
"When we get to the point that we can stop teeth root degeneration by ultrasound only, that would be great," El-Bialy said. "If it happens, then we can use the stem cells together with ultrasound to regenerate the degenerated [teeth]."
the treatment could also help people suffering from bone loss due to gum disease.
El-Bialy's grant application was peer reviewed by five experts, the University of Alberta said in a news release.
Dentist, engineer team up to regrow teeth | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/.../dentist-engineer-team-up-to-regrow-teeth-1.590190
Jun 28, 2006
Jun 28, 2006
The prototype device offers hockey players a way to reform human dental tissue.
"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." El-Bialy discovered ultrasound could be used to form new dental tissue from his research on rabbit incisors, which was published in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics.
The therapy regenerates the inner part of the tooth, but not the enamel. The small ultrasound device fits inside the mouth as a plastic removable crown.
Smile! A New Canadian Tool Can Re-Grow Teeth Say Inventors www.banderasnews.com/0606/hb-newteeth.htm
June 2006
Snaggle-toothed hockey players and sugar lovers may soon rejoice as Canadian scientists said they have created the first device able to re-grow teeth and bones.
June 2006
Snaggle-toothed hockey players and sugar lovers may soon rejoice as Canadian scientists said they have created the first device able to re-grow teeth and bones.
The researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton filed patents earlier this month in the United States for the tool based on low-intensity pulsed ultrasound technology after testing it on a dozen dental patients in Canada. "Right now, we plan to use it to fix fractured or diseased teeth, as well as asymmetric jawbones, but it may also help hockey players or children who had their tooth knocked out," Jie Chen, an engineering professor and nano-circuit design expert, told AFP. Chen helped create the tiny ultrasound machine that gently massages gums and stimulates tooth growth from the root once inserted into a person's mouth, mounted on braces or a removable plastic crown. The wireless device, smaller than a pea, must be activated for 20 minutes each day for four months to stimulate growth, he said.
It can also stimulate jawbone growth to fix a person's crooked smile and may eventually allow people to grow taller by stimulating bone growth, Chen said.
vonshango
if it enters the market, it'll be for the top 5% who can afford it, it'll take 40 years before wide distribution (if it doesn't get coopted/tanked by ADA/AMA dental-medical establishment at large). still awesome. dr. huggins was right about using targeted frequency.
if it enters the market, it'll be for the top 5% who can afford it, it'll take 40 years before wide distribution (if it doesn't get coopted/tanked by ADA/AMA dental-medical establishment at large). still awesome. dr. huggins was right about using targeted frequency.
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