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This makes me very skeptical: > The root canal is restored to health by gradual build up of tissue by stem cells over a period, extending from a few weeks to s
by Udo 13y ago
This makes me very skeptical:
> The root canal is restored to health by gradual build up of tissue by stem cells over a period, extending from a few weeks to some months.
- dpatrick86 13y agoSounds like a description of what stem cells generally do. Which part makes you skeptical?
- Udo 13y agoIt's supposed to sound good, but in practice making stem cells work, for example implanting them and stimulating them to become anything but unspecific fatty connective tissue is really hard. I could be totally wrong of course, and the article doesn't go into any detail, but the way it's presented triggers several snake oil alarms.
- amalag 13y agoThe idea in this case is that they documented stem cells in the gums or tooth root. The only stimulate to let the blood enter the tooth area and let it do the rest. So they don't have active involvement in implanting and stimulating.