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Should deciduous teeth be preserved in adult patients? How about stem cells? Is it reasonable to preserve them?

Authors :
Alberto Consolaro
Source :
Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics, Vol 21, Iss 2, Pp 15-27 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Dental Press Editora, 2016.

Abstract

Abstract When seeking orthodontic treatment, many adolescents and adult patients present with deciduous teeth. Naturally, deciduous teeth will inevitably undergo exfoliation at the expected time or at a later time. Apoptosis is the biological trigger of root resorption. In adult patients, deciduous teeth should not be preserved, as they promote: infraocclusion, traumatic occlusion, occlusal trauma, diastemata and size as well as morphology discrepancy malocclusion. Orthodontic movement speeds root resorption up, and so do restoring or recontouring deciduous teeth in order to establish esthetics and function. Deciduous teeth cells are dying as a result of apoptosis, and their regeneration potential, which allows them to act as stem cells, is limited. On the contrary, adult teeth cells have a greater proliferative potential. All kinds of stem cell therapies are laboratory investigative non authorized trials.

Details

Language :
English, Portuguese
ISSN :
21776709
Volume :
21
Issue :
2
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.9040c83cc1ff43319f21623053cd9a29
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1590/2177-6709.21.2.015-027.oin