An Astonishing New Device That
Completely Re-Grows New Teeth In Less Than 4
Months!
If you’ve read “The Bad Breath
Report”, you know that a dramatic series of recent genetic
engineering breakthroughs have already allowed scientists to
completely regenerate lost teeth in animals and will be ready
for human use within a few years.
In the meanwhile, however, those who have lost teeth can
take-heart that a team of researchers at the University of
Alberta in Edmonton, Canada have developed an astonishing
non-invasive nanotechnology that will re-grow teeth in less
than 4-months.
They filed patents for a tiny wireless ultrasonic device --
dubbed LIPUS, for Low-Intensity Pulsed UltraSound -- in
2006.
Smaller than a pea, it gently massages gums and stimulates
tooth growth when mounted on braces or a temporary plastic
crown in a patient’s mouth. It is activated for 20 minutes a
day, over a period of 4-months.
The device was designed by Dr. Jie Chen, a
nano-biotechnologist at the University’s Engineering
Department, and is based on research carried-out by Dr. Tarek
El-Bialy, an Egyptian-born orthodontist, in the late 1990s.
In a study, published in the American Journal of
Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, Dr. El-Bialy used
ultrasound on a rabbit that had undergone surgery on its jaw.
He was surprised to find that, as well as re-generating its
jaw-bone, the rabbit’s teeth also started to re-grow. He
presented similar results for human patients at the World
Federation of Orthodontics in Paris in September 2005.
The original ultrasonic devices were very big and, thus,
very uncomfortable for patients to hold in their mouth for 20
minutes at a time.
However, when he moved to the University of Alberta, Dr.
El-Bialy had a chance-encounter with Dr. Chen, and other
members of the engineering faculty, who joined forces with him
to radically miniaturise the technology.
According to Dr. Chen, as well as fixing broken teeth, LIPUS
may also be used to correct a crooked smile, and may,
eventually, allow people to grow taller by stimulating bone
growth.
It has been approved by both Canadian and American
regulatory bodies and a market-ready model is currently being
prepared. LIPUS is expected to be commercially available before
the end of 2009.
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