1º DENTAL SPA

07/10/2025

Autotrasplante de Canino

26/09/2025

Ortodoncia

08/08/2025

Scientists Begin The First Human Trial of Tooth-Regrowth Drug

Japanese dental researchers have taken a groundbreaking step toward natural tooth regeneration. In October 2024, Dr. Katsu Takahashi’s team at Kitano Hospital (Osaka), in collaboration with Kyoto University, initiated Phase I human clinical trials of a drug that could enable the body to grow new teeth naturally. This trial, currently involving 30 healthy adult men aged 30–64, aims to evaluate the drug’s safety profile.

The therapy works by blocking a protein called USAG-1, which normally inhibits the development of additional teeth. By suppressing USAG-1, the drug reactivates dormant tooth buds, potentially leading to the growth of a “third set” of teeth. In animal studies, a single dose was enough to regenerate fully functional teeth in mice and ferrets.

If successful, researchers plan to extend trials to children with congenital tooth agenesis. Commercial availability is projected around 2030, potentially replacing the need for implants with true biological tooth regrowth.

Sources: Preclinical and news reports from Japan’s Medical Research Institute Kitano Hospital and Kyoto University (AFP/Medical Xpress), and coverage in Oral Health publications.

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03/07/2025

Endo Radar recurso importante

Por esto, localizador apical tu mejor amigo

13/06/2025

Recesión causada por un piercing en la lengua ⚠️

10/06/2025

Para tomar en cuenta 🪥

🔰 Estudios demuestran que el cepillado dental nocturno reduce significativamente la carga bacteriana y los niveles de placa comparado con cepillarse solo por la mañana.

La eliminación mecánica de la biopelícula antes del descanso permite:

✔ Prevenir caries dentales.
✔ Evitar la gingivitis y enfermedades periodontales.
✔ Reducir la halitosis matutina.
✔ Minimizar la desmineralización del esmalte causada por ácidos nocturnos.

Un estudio publicado en el Journal of Clinical Periodontology evidenció que los pacientes que no se cepillaban por la noche presentaban una pérdida de inserción periodontal mayor que aquellos con una rutina nocturna estricta.

08/06/2025

Exodoncia

22/05/2025

Ortodoncia Mágica 😁

06/05/2025

Agua con minerales y electrolitos

31/03/2025

SONRIE 😃