Dental stem cell banking. Who should opt for it?

Ever since I wrote my last post on What is Dental Stem Cell Banking and if you are clued on to it, we received a number of queries from parents on who should ideally do Dental Stem Cell Banking? It’s a very obvious and important question and probably something we are all curious to know as parents.

Dental stem cells have been catching the attention of the researchers for stem cell therapies for quite a while now and it has been for all good reasons. Dental stem cell banking is thus rapidly emerging in India. It has the potential to cure life-threatening diseases relating to bones, neurons, muscles and cartilage unlike cord blood cells which are more effective in curing blood related generic diseases like cancers or blood disorders. Dental stem cells have a higher capability of regenerating tissues such as neuronal tissues, connective tissues and dental tissues for obvious reasons claim experts. The use and application of dental stem cells is spread across bones, neurons, muscles and cartilage. Let’s understand the difference between cord blood banking and dental stem cell banking and who should opt for dental stem cell banking.

The major difference between cord blood banking and dental stem cell banking is that cord blood cells are limited to their use in curing wide range of cancers, genetic diseases and blood related disorders whereas dental stem cells aide in a wide spectrum of tissue related disorders in bone, cartilage, neurons and muscles. So if you have done cord blood banking and are considering stem cell then you know what each does.

As to who should carry out dental stem cell banking, it is advisable that you preserve the stem cells of your young children. It is for a simple reason that dental stem cells are best collected at a young age and a child’s milk tooth is the best to collect the dental stem cells from. Additionally, the whole processis non-invasive, relatively painless and totally safe for your child’s future health.

It is also recommended that everyone who has a genetic history of life-threatening diseases should opt for dental stem cell banking. Those who have already chosen cord blood banking, dental stem cell banking will complement to that choice of yours. It will only widen the number of diseases that canpotentially be cured.

Stemade, India’s first & largest private dental stem cell bank has licensed the technology from a leading French Biotech company for dental stem cell banking in the Asian and Middle Eastern markets. It has dual storage facilities that address all concerns of any natural calamities at one centre.

Who should bank?

Children - The quality of stem cells decreases with the increase in age. Therefore it is best to extract stem cells in children right from the time they start losing their milk teeth. Children start to lose their milk teeth from the age of 5. Stem cells are most important during this age. The perfect time is before the teeth fall off completely as blood flow is imperative for smooth functioning of stem cells.

Teens – Children in the age of 12 and there onwards are in the most apt phases to carry out tooth extraction for dental stem cell banking. This is also the time most of the children undergo dental treatments like fixing braces etc. premolars or healthy teeth are extracted during such orthodontic treatments which are a great source of dental stem cells

Adults – In case of adults the phrase is “as soon as possibleâ€_x009d_ because as the age progresses the quality of stem cells ten to fade away. Wisdom teeth are also a rich source of mesenchymal stem cells and hence a reliable source of stem cells. In adults wisdom teeth are found in the age of 30 or more.

Hope this helps in making an easy decision and we would love to know if you have any queries. Do write to us in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram