Tooth bone decay? Now, get it reconstructed with own cells
KGMU To Begin Stem Cell Implant
Vivek Singh Chauhan TNN
Lucknow:23.10.2021
Patients suffering from decay of tooth bone will soon be able to get it treated through stem cell implant in the dental faculty of King George's Medical University (KGMU).
A stem cell lab is being constructed in the oral pathology and microbiology department and soon a CO2 incubator machine will be installed in it.
The machine will be able to preserve stem cells taken out from the decayed tooth bone and multiply them through incubation. The cluster of cells thus obtained would be then used to reconstruct the tooth bone and in root canal therapy.
So far, patients whose teeth are extensively damaged have to either use dentures or get metallic implants.
The stem therapy will provide patients another option of getting the tooth bone reconstructed with their own cells. The stem cells incubated in the lab can also be used in other patients provided they match certain medical parameters required for such implants.
Head oral pathology and microbiology department Prof Shaleen Chandra said, “The construction of the lab will be completed within a week. Thereafter, the incubation machine procured through state government aid will be installed. The machine provides a stable environment designed to mimic a cell’s natural environment that is ideal for stem cell growth.”
“Dental stem cells obtained from naturally lost or surgically removed teeth can be incubated in the machine and used for dental treatment. To use stem cells exacted from a person in another, the human leukocytes antigens (HLA) of the two must match. The HLA are proteins in the human immune system that play a crucial role in accepting or rejecting an implant,” he added.
This will be the second CO2 incubator machine in KGMU. A unit is already functional at the Centre for Advanced Research. However, it would be used for the first time in any dental education institution in Lucknow.
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