Ann Arbor, MI — April 1, 2013 — A third-year resident in the University of Michigan School of Dentistry’s graduate periodontics program won first place for her research during the Midwest Society of Periodontology’s recent meeting in Chicago. Dr. Suzanne Mason investigated the possible use of stem cells from alveolar bone marrow to regenerate large …
Ann Arbor, MI — March 11, 2013 — It’s an idea that, if successful, could benefit many, including war veterans who have sustained battlefield injuries and, ultimately, children and adults with developmental or acquired facial defects from trauma or disfiguring cancer surgery. Dr. Stephen Feinberg, a professor of dentistry in the Department of Oral and …
Ann Arbor, MI — February 28, 2013 — Imagine going to a dental office to have a wisdom tooth extracted. After the tooth is removed, the dentist then sends the tooth to a laboratory where the stem cells inside the dental pulp of the tooth are collected and stored for possible use later. Instead of …
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