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Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) teeth 



Low_intensity_pulsed_ultrasoundsity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) is a medical technology.Researchers at the University of Alberta have used LIPUS to gently massage teeth roots and jawbones to cause growth or regrowth, and have grown new teeth. As of June 2006, a large device has been licensed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Health Canada for use by dentists. A smaller device that fits on braces has also been developed. In order to regrow teeth, the tooth root must be massaged by the LIPUS device for 20 minutes each day for 4 months. It has been approved by both Canadian and American regulatory bodies and a market-ready model is currently being prepared. LIPUS was expected to be commercially available before the end of 2009.According to Dr. Chen from the University of Alberta, LIPUS may also have medical/cosmetic benefits in allowing people to grow taller by stimulating bone growth.

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Grow New Teeth, Only 20 Minutes a Day by Cameron Lawrence

June 29, 2006 | Post ArchiveFrom lab-grown internal organs and stem cell research to test-tube babies and cloning, modern science is working overtime to create or recreate working, sustainable biological matter. Next on the list: teeth. So if you’re outside the Tooth Fairy’s target market or simply have a few gaps in your grin, you could be in luck.
Nanotechnology expert Dr. Jie Chen and his associate Dr. Ying Tsui from the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Alberta have developed a newultrasound transducer to stimulate the growth of teeth and fix asymmetric jaw bones. The transducer utilizes LIPUS, which stands for “low-intensity pulsed ultrasound.” The miniature, wireless device does exactly what its name suggests: it sends pulses of ultrasound into biological matter, such as gums, muscles or bones to increase healing or stimulate growth of new tissue.

(AP Photo/Greg Baker) Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) could prove to be a great benefit to those suffering from dental root absorption, a condition common to patients afflicted with diseases or endocrine disturbances.

The transducer is a type of “system-on-a-chip,” which generally refers to an incredibly small system, like a microchip, that contains all the parts and electronic circuitry a system needs to run. Advances in system-on-a-chip technology allow scientists and researchers the opportunity to work on an increasingly smaller scale with computing power akin to computers from around a decade ago.
Perhaps the best part, other than growing new teeth, is the transducer doesn’t need to be surgically implanted. A patient need only apply the device topically for 20 minutes a day for four months to stimulate growth of a tooth’s root. So far it has been tested on 12 Canadian patients in the prototype stage. The team hopes to release a commercial form of the technology within the next two years. (link)

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the average American will lose about eight teeth by the time he or she turns 50. Common replacements include dentures, which have been known to erode the underlying bone over time, and dental implants, which are prone to falling out after several years' use. Thus, the ability to regrow a natural tooth, with the accompanying bone, root, and nerves, could provide a significantly healthier alternative for all.
This is about our forty month test of using LIPUS to regrow pulp and dentin at an accelerated rate for mature and senior people. The process invigorates the inside of our teeth for increased healthier tissue. The added growth of dentin bolsters the enamel as it was when you were a younger person.
In addition to the above an increase of density in mandible bone and upper tooth support solidifies tooth roots. Our experience shows a solid bite equal to that in our teenage years. The ringing of teeth when biting down hard, which we had forgotten entirely, was back again.
Professor Paul Sharpe, Head of the Department of Craniofacial Development, King’s College London stated: “A key medical advantage of this new technology is that a living tooth can preserve the health of the surrounding tissues much better than artificial prosthesis. Teeth are living, and they are able to respond to a person’s bite. They move, and in doing so they maintain the health of the surrounding gums and teeth.”
At the present time our technology is at the stage where regrowing teeth is limited to teeth with live roots. The inner part of the tooth, dentin is alive and in regrowing will expand into its initial, youthful proportions. The dentin thereby puts equal pressure on the Enamel part of the tooth as in the younger person. This naturally recurring rejuvenation has a propensity to expel such parts of the tooth enamel which have previously been broken, which may result in its loss.
Our experience is based on our use of this methodology and equipment and is now in its fourth year. Any person planning to use this Canadian LIPUS technique can inquire with questions to our test section. A two day seminar with hands on training is a requirement to assure success. Guarantee of your success is available conditional on you providing X-ray photos of your teeth at the beginning of the seminar.
Excluded from these guarantees are charges for equipment provided, travel expense and hotel/motel and all other related items.
If you have an understanding of the function of the LIPUS application you are free to join our research program by contributing research funds to LIPUS LLC and join in broadening our experience. An illustrated manual and LIPUS equipment is supplied to you at a time when back logs have been filled. Please remember that questions will have to be E-mailed to the address below. Please always include name and address. At this time LIPUS service is limited to people living on the North American continent

http://lipus.org/Ultrasonic 


For tooth regrowth.
A team at the University of Alberta have miniaturized a technology called low intensity pulsed ultrasound (LIPUS) The regenerative effect of LIPUS was discovered by Dr Tarak El-Baily while working on rabbit subjects. The inducer is targeted to "massage" the root of a tooth injured either mechanically or by disease. It stimulates new growth and counteracts the destructive process of dental resorption, which often means a damaged tooth has to be completely removed.
Before El-Baily collaborates with circuit design specialists to shrink the device to smaller than a pea, our test subjects had to hold a large LIPUS source to their mouth for 20 minutes daily for a whole year.
It's envisaged that the device could also be deployed to treat microsomia, a congenital underdevelopment of the lower jaw.
For use of the LIPUS effect an appointment for a training session can be arranged. At the initiation phase this training is limited to locations on the American continent. The training is done by the scientific researcher with hands on experience from developing methods and equipment with visible and proven results.
Our experience shows that results are expected to arrive gradually at latest between eighteen and twenty six months. Being able to use the methods on schedule at home in accordance with instructions is the only way to guarantee success.
Half a million Americans sought medical care abroad in 2006, of which 40 percent were dental tourists, according to the National Coalition on Health Care, an alliance of more than 70 organizations. That’s up from an estimated 150,000 in 2004, said Renee-Marie Stephano, the chief operating officer for the Medical Tourism Association, a nonprofit organization that researches global health care.
Dental bridges and bonding ranked No. 1 and 2 on a list of most sought-after procedures for Americans traveling abroad for medical care, according to a report just published by HealthCare Tourism International, a nonprofit group that tracks health care.
Your oral health affects your general health and vice versa.
There are two main groups of family-oriented dental travelers, said Neil Patel, the founder of HealthCare Tourism International. Immigrants have long returned to their countries of origin for dental and medical care and to spend time with relatives. But now there’s a more recent wave of patients, interested in taking their families to a far-flung location to make the best out of what is essentially a rather unpleasant chore.
The advanced technology of making your body rebuild most of your damaged teeth as a first step, and with hope of soon having Americans able to regrow teeth together with their mandibular bone may well create havoc for the foreign dental industry.
Question is how long will it take Americans with problematic teeth to transfer to this Canadian LIPUS treatment? Easily obtained at home at a fraction of the cost of treatment and travel abroad, with patients maintaining control it will create an advantage in the area where Americans rarely have insurance, or only at insanely high cost.
Also how is this going to make the North American continent the new travel destination for people with dental trouble across the world? Not to forget that LIPUS  may well become the future’s drugless healing method of the world once the success of its application has spread widely to be recognized as a superior treatment to all we have heretofore been taken to be the best.
At a time of more frequent recalls for pharmaceutical products because of dangerous side effects here at home the advent of drugless treatment is alluring to us all.
SOT foundation is a research consortium targeting worldwide scientific development of DRUGLESS slowing and reversing tooth, muscle and bone deterioration.
Mr. Matuschka who has tested the LIPUS system developed in Edmonton Alberta with results written up above. At present Mr. Matuschka has funded all research here in the US at his LIPUS foundation's location in Colorado.

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Someone needs to contract Dr. Tarek El Bialy. http://myprofile.cos.com/telbialy
LIPUS Stimulates Cell Proliferation

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I'll try to contact him . I have found Bone Growth and Repair Research Group here it is http://www.unisa.edu.au/sansominstitute/...growth.asp and this is the leader of the group http://www.unisanet.unisa.edu.au/staff/H...=cory.xian I'll try to contact him too

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