• Dental Implants with Protein?

  Filed under Implant Dentistry
  Apr 6

  As a new advancement on treating tooth loss due to gum disease, titanium dental implants coated with protein is the answer. MCG researchers did laboratory tests using protein to implants to direct endogenous stem cells in becoming bone-forming cells. The result was almost a complete regeneration of lost tissue. Around the teeth, the bone-forming cells grew into existing bone and eventually into bone themselves. But, the root of the tooth was destroyed by the replacement bone. That process prevented regeneration of other essential tissues around the tooth. More test to come in the near future to be able to make protein be usable in bone regeneration.
  
  (Source:Science Daily)

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