Attention, Parents! You Might Want To Hold On To Your Kids’ Baby Teeth

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Attention, Parents! You Might Want To Hold On To Your Kids’ Baby Teeth

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Published by Oasis Dental in Cosmetic Dentistry · 29 September 2018
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Attention, Parents! You Might Want To Hold On To Your Kids’ Baby Teeth

Baby teeth aren’t worthless after all - you will need to hold on your kid’s baby teeth a little longer instead of throwing them away. Doctors are starting to advise parents to carefully wrap their kid’s removed teeth in a clean cloth or a clean container where they can be kept fresh for extended periods of time. This is to keep them in a fresh condition for long and make them available when a pressing health need arises in which they become a handy lifesaver.

Teeth that heals

Baby teeth contain a rich concentration of stem cells which can be used later in life to cure some common yet life-threatening medical conditions, says Dr. Schmidt, professor of microbiology of the Department of Medicine, University of South Carolina. Why specifically retain baby teeth? Well, baby teeth, unlike wisdom teeth, are pluripotent I.e. they keep on producing more cells in the entirety of their lifetime, at least if they are kept “live” in a clean environment that prevents spoilage of the stem cells.

For the above reason, parents are being told to retain the kid’s baby teeth for the unknown ailments that may strike their kids.

Managing Type 2 Diabetes

Researchers have found that Type 2 Diabetes can be managed much easier by growing part of the patient’s cells in the lab instead of administering insulin. Insulin has proved quite a use owing to the strict administration timetable involved.

The cure for Alzheimer’s disease

Alzheimer’s diseases strikes during the old age and studies have shown it can be cured or managed to regenerate the individual’s cells from the stem cells. Yet this won’t in absence of the starting point, the stem cells. This gives you a reason to keep your kid’s baby teeth.

Caution for the unknown

Epidemiologists are of the opinion that more hard-to-treat diseases may arise in future to add on those we already aren’t able to treat. But they think stem cells hold the cure for such ailments, at least if stem cell research unearths more potent mystery than we already know. That way, doctors reckon, we’ll be able to grow stem cells from the lab by extracting the parent cells found in baby teeth hence saving many lives.

Save them in a bank or sell

“Teeth Banks” are starting to pop up across North America encouraging parents to keep their kids’ baby teeth there. Some companies even want to acquire them from you in exchange for a few bucks.

If you want to know more about baby teeth and their significance the kid’s future health, reach Dr. Pinky Penalosa of Oasis Dental via Tel. (909) 941-2288 or through the address 9203 Archibald Ave., Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730.


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