Dr. Arash Hakhamian has been providing his patients with various types of options to utilize stem cells in the dental feild for many years now. While stem cells in dentistry is still in its infantile stages, there are certain applications where stem cells can be utilized to benefit the patients in a variety of ways.
“The body has various types of stem cells and growth factors and even in the blood there are stem cells that can be utilized from particular types of cells that will enhance the healing of patients when utilized properly. By using advanced technology to extract he patients blood and centrifuge the blood, we are able to separate certain cells and growth factors which contain stem cells and can contribute to better healing when utilized for bone and tissue regeneration,” explains Dr. Arash. “In the near future we will be offering something much better than dental implants when clinical trials finally finish allowing us to regrow teeth naturally and replace a missing tooth with an actual tooth and not a screw and and a crown.”
One other way where stem cells are currently being utlized in dentistry is to harbor and store the patients stem cells from their extracted teeth. “Many people missed the opportunity to harbor and save their stem cells from the umbilical cord during birth but now we can literally harbor stem cells from extracted baby teeth or wisdom teeth and give people a second chance to store their precious stem cells in case they have a serious disease in the future. Stem cells have a wide array of applications and instead of giving an extracted tooth to the tooth fairy we can now use that tooth and remove the stem cells and harbor the stem cells in a laboratory and save it for the patient for future use.”
Dr. Arash is highly saught after for his knowledge and expertise in the subject by patients many of whom travel to the United States seeking his treatment in the area. “I hope that more dentists train and utilize this technology to help their patients and provide the latest advancemnts to better serve their patients needs. ”
If you are getting a tooth pulled or are interested in stem cell technology in dentistry please make an appointment with Dr. Arash and get more information to see if these advancements can better serve your needs.