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How technology is changing orthodontics

Editor — Mon, 23 Jun 2025 00:03:50 +0000

Changes in orthodontics due to advances in technology means it’s now more necessary than ever for orthodontists to take a multidisciplinary approach to treatment. By Rob Johnson According to Professor Qingsong (Adam) Ye, the internationally distinguished orthodontist, educator and most recently Noel Martin Visiting Chair at the University of Sydney School of Dentistry, orthodontics is […]

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Study shows ‘positive stress’ boosts tooth tissue regeneration

Editor — Wed, 07 Sep 2022 00:08:15 +0000

Stress is typically thought of as a negative phenomenon, but researchers in Hong Kong have found ‘positive stress’ can induce good changes in tooth stem cells to make them more resistant to injury and disease. The study—published online in the Journal of Dental Research—is the first to show that adaptive mechanisms in tooth stem cells induced […]

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How changing the stem cell response to inflammation may reverse periodontal disease

Editor — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 22:35:49 +0000

US scientists have discovered that a specific type of molecule may stimulate stem cells to regenerate, reversing the inflammation caused by periodontal disease. The current treatment for periodontal disease involves opening the infected gum flaps and adding bone grafts to strengthen the teeth. But in research published in Frontiers in Immunology, scientists from the Forsyth Institute […]

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Dental stem cells can generate milk-producing cells

Editor — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:17:48 +0000

Dental epithelial stem cells from mice can generate mammary ducts and even milk-producing cells when transplanted into mammary glands, according to a Swiss study. This could be used for post-surgery tissue regeneration in breast cancer patients. The ability of adult stem cells to generate various tissue-specific cell populations is of great interest in the medical […]

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A new method of tooth repair?

Editor — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 23:08:04 +0000

Stem cells hold the key to wound healing, as they develop into specialised cell types throughout the body—including in teeth. Now an international team of researchers has found a mechanism that could offer a potential novel solution to tooth repair. Published in Nature Communications, the study showed that a gene called Dlk1 enhances stem cell activation […]

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Regrowing dental tissue with stem cells from baby teeth

Editor — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 23:10:23 +0000

In a clinical trial conducted by a team of researchers from the US and China, stem cells extracted from children’s baby teeth were used to regrow the living tissue in teeth damaged by injury. Around half of children suffer some injury to a tooth during childhood. When that trauma affects an immature permanent tooth, it […]

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Growing human teeth

Editor — Wed, 29 Nov 2017 05:18:55 +0000

Progress has been made, but growing human teeth remains largely out of reach. By Andy Kollmorgen For most people, two sets of teeth just aren’t enough. After all, nearly every Australian has undergone some form of restorative dentistry such as a crown or a bridge or at least had a few teeth filled. It doesn’t help […]

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Stem cell therapy can help mouth injuries

Editor — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 05:03:28 +0000

American researchers have announced they’ve found that using stem cells to re-grow craniofacial tissues—mainly bone—proved quicker, more effective and less invasive than traditional bone regeneration treatments. Researchers from the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and the Michigan Center for Oral Health Research partnered with Ann Arbor-based Aastrom Biosciences Inc. in the clinical trial, which […]

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Finnish researchers closer to growing teeth

Editor — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 06:58:25 +0000

A report from researchers in the group of Professor Irma Thesleff at the Institute of Biotechnology in Helsinki, Finland have now found a marker for dental stem cells. More specifically, they’ve showed the transcription factor Sox2 is specifically expressed in stem cells of the mouse front tooth. Despite the development of new bioengineering protocols, building […]

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Dental pulp stem cells transformed by ‘bad breath’ chemical

Editor — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:13:59 +0000

Japanese scientists have found that the odorous compound responsible for halitosis is ideal for harvesting stem cells taken from human dental pulp. In a study published on Monday in IOP Publishing’s Journal of Breath Research, researchers showed that hydrogen sulphide (H2S) increased the ability of adult stem cells to differentiate into hepatic (liver) cells, furthering […]

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Japanese scientists grow stem cell tooth

Editor — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:37:45 +0000

Two days ago, Japanese scientists reported they have grown an entire tooth from stem cells implanted into the kidney of a mouse. A research group led by Professor Takashi Tsuji (Professor in the Research Institute for Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science, and Director of Organ Technologies Inc.) has provided a proof-of-concept for bioengineered […]

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