Posted on 07/27/2010 8:47:12 AM PDT by Red Badger
Open wide: Thanks to a new gel, soon this won't hurt
A gel that can help decayed teeth grow back in just weeks may mean an end to fillings.
The gel, which is being developed by scientists in France, works by prompting cells in teeth to start multiplying. They then form healthy new tooth tissue that gradually replaces what has been lost to decay.
Researchers say in lab studies it took just four weeks to restore teeth back to their original healthy state. The gel contains melanocyte-stimulating hormone, or MSH.
We produce this in the pituitary gland, a pea-sized gland just behind the bridge of the nose.
MSH is already known to play an important part in determining skin colour - the more you have, the darker your flesh tone.
But recent studies suggest MSH may also play a crucial role in stimulating bone regeneration.
As bone and teeth are very similar in their structure, a team of scientists at the National Institute for Health and Medical Research in Paris tested if the hormone could stimulate tooth growth.
Their findings, published in the American Chemical Society journal ACS Nano, could signal hurtnot just an end to fillings, but the dreaded dentist drill as well. Tooth decay is a major public health problem in Britain. Around £45m a year is spent treating decayed teeth and by the age of 15, teenagers have had an average of 2.5 teeth filled or removed.
Decay is caused by bacteria, called streptococcus mutans, that live in the mouth and feed on sugar in the diet. Once the bacteria stick to the enamel, they trigger a process called demineralisation - they turn sugar in the diet into a harmful acid that starts to create holes in the teeth.
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Would be nice now to finally take the rat poison out of our water ("OK, class, . .who knows what that is?)
What if the mutliplier cells pass through your body? Could you get teeth in unusual places? Something to anal-ize.
Who knew?
That could be a big benefit for people who like to eat corn and peanuts.
That already happens to many.Tumors all of the time are found to have teeth and hair inside of them so I suppose this is entirely possible?
Too late for me! My sister got the Hungarian teeth. She can grind pebbles into dust! I got the Welsh teeth. They’re all coming out soon. Actually lookin’ forward to dentures.
THAT BITES...........
bfl
I’ve been brushing with magnesium chloride for about 3 months. At the time I started I had a tooth I was about the schedule an emergency appt for removal, but now it no longer hurts. Further, my receding gums seem to be coming back. My dentist said receding gums could not grow back, but then she also said enamel would never grow back. So.....
Private reply sent!
Is the lower one photoshopped?
Magnesium Chloride is very big these days. I have some I got from Swanson Vitamins in North Dakota
To learn more look up-—— Marc Sircus magnesium oil
That is a good reason to install a reverse-osmosis, drinking-water unit in your home.
thallium
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