Discarded by most of the population, the wisdom teeth have valuable stem cells that may prove very useful to the owner.
Generally, wisdom teeth were considered an evolutionary trace without any practical use. By the way, the “teeth of judgment” come to the end of adolescence with complications for the mouth for almost all of us: if they once helped in hard food shredding, the evolution of the diet for softer products and the reduction of jaw size led to the loss of its original function.
Today, preventive removal of these teeth is common practice for virtually everyone. But science points to a advantage that these four extra teeth still provide us.
Studies show that the wisdom’s pulp tissue contains stem cells with a Amazing ability to regenerate different types of human tissues, such as neurons, cartilage and bone.
The extraction procedure of these stem cells is particularly accessible and minimally invasive, some experts believe – one in November 2024 the generation of dental organoids using bioortogonally defined reticulated hydrogels – which opens doors to regenerative medicine to these teeth with therapeutic potential. This procedure is usually performed when cells are young, more viable, and in a sterile and controlled environment, which facilitates the preservation of biological material.
Some clinics, note O, already offer collection services, processing and storing these cells in specialized banks. This allows the preservation of the biological material of the patient himself, which can be later used in tissue regeneration treatments or functional recovery, without resorting to external donors.
