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Dental Fillings Heal Teeth With Stem Cells

07-Apr-2016

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New filling stimulates stem cells to encourage the growth of dentin — the bony material that makes up the majority of the tooth.

Current treatment involves drilling out the decay and putting in a filling.

COMMENT: We’ll soon look back at root canal treatment the same way as we look back a medieval dentists.

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Adam Celiz

Lecturer in Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College London.

Harvard University

Private Ivy League research university in Massachusetts

Kyle Holmberg Vining

Restorative and Esthetic Dentist and Fellow at Harvard University.

University of Nottingham

Public research university.

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Stem Cells