Lasers are commonplace today, they are used now in everything from your CD player to high tech machines. Did you know that they are also very useful in dentistry?
Doctors have used lasers for years to Provide better care for their patients – in LASIK vision correction, for removing skin blemishes, and in all kinds of surgery.
The laser creates special, highly concentrated light energy, and sends it through an optical fiber to its handpiece. The dentist uses the handpiece to aim the laser energy precisely at the areas to be treated. Some laser systems combine the laser energy with a gentle spray of water.
The Benefits of Laser Dentistry
More Comfortable
Waterlase Dentistry uses laser energy and a gentle spray of water to perform a wide range of dental procedures – without the heat, vibration and pressure associated with the dental drill. With many procedures, it’s possible to use less anesthetic, and often no anesthetic at all.
More Convenient
The Dentist can often get you and you child in and out of the dentist chair faster, since it’s less likely that they will need an injection – research shows that the vast majority of patients don’t. It’s nice to avoid that shot, isn’t it? Not using anesthetic can allow your dentist to perform procedures that used to require more than one visit in a single appointment. Also, a Waterlase Dentist can perform procedures that once meant an additional trip to a specialist, saving you even more time.
More Precise
The Dentist can remove decay far more precisely than a dentist using a drill. This saves more of the healthy parts of your tooth. Saving your natural teeth can save you from the discomfort and cost of future tooth breakdown.
The Laser is really a great thing for the Pediatric Dentist. I can do fillings without getting the kids numb (No Needle) and can take away much less tooth structure than with traditional methods.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Stem Cells in Baby Teeth!!
We recently started to offer two services for the collection of stem cells from extracted baby teeth. The services, StemSave and Store-a-tooth, both offer the opportunity to bank your child's stem cells for later use. Many people, my family included, have had their children's cord blood saved at birth and stored in a similar manner.
We help evaluate the child to ensure that a healthy, loose tooth is taken out while there is still active blood supply to the tooth. I can put up to four teeth in a vial that contains nutrients to keep the stem cells alive, and puts the teeth into a state of hypothermia. The vial is shipped overnight to one of the companies for preservation until you need it. All you have to do is set up the account, which can be done completely online.
Stem Cells can be an invaluable tool for future health.
The human tooth contains healthy pulp tissue which contains stem cells that can be utilized to regenerate your child’s health in the future if needed. Stem cells extracted from the healthy tissue within your child’s tooth can help fix medical ailments, grow new organs, repair bone, and much more.
What exactly are stem cells?
They are the carriers for repaired DNA and are capable of replicating themselves. The stem cells from teeth have been observed in research studies to be among the most powerful stem cells in the human body. Stem cells from teeth replicate at a faster rate and for a longer period of time than do stem cells harvested from other tissues of the body.
If at some point in the future your child would need an organ transplant, bone marrow, skin, etc., their body will not run the risk of rejecting those from a donor because their own stem cells would be utilized. Currently, the Army is utilizing this method to help wounded soldiers heal from their injuries.
If you, or anyone you know is interested, please e-mail me for more information.
Scott C. Peters, D.M.D.
We help evaluate the child to ensure that a healthy, loose tooth is taken out while there is still active blood supply to the tooth. I can put up to four teeth in a vial that contains nutrients to keep the stem cells alive, and puts the teeth into a state of hypothermia. The vial is shipped overnight to one of the companies for preservation until you need it. All you have to do is set up the account, which can be done completely online.
Stem Cells can be an invaluable tool for future health.
The human tooth contains healthy pulp tissue which contains stem cells that can be utilized to regenerate your child’s health in the future if needed. Stem cells extracted from the healthy tissue within your child’s tooth can help fix medical ailments, grow new organs, repair bone, and much more.
What exactly are stem cells?
They are the carriers for repaired DNA and are capable of replicating themselves. The stem cells from teeth have been observed in research studies to be among the most powerful stem cells in the human body. Stem cells from teeth replicate at a faster rate and for a longer period of time than do stem cells harvested from other tissues of the body.
If at some point in the future your child would need an organ transplant, bone marrow, skin, etc., their body will not run the risk of rejecting those from a donor because their own stem cells would be utilized. Currently, the Army is utilizing this method to help wounded soldiers heal from their injuries.
If you, or anyone you know is interested, please e-mail me for more information.
Scott C. Peters, D.M.D.
First Post
OK, So Here We Go.
I will post some interesting thoughts on Dentistry and Pediatric Dentistry in particular. These may include new products, techniques or just thoughts.
I hope all who read it will enjoy and gain some knowledge.
--Scott
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