02 June 2025
Milk teeth that erupt during childhood are often seen as useless teeth that only replace permanent teeth. However, these small teeth are of great importance not only for proper nutrition and learning to speak, but also for oral and jaw development. Healthy deciduous teeth ensure that the permanent teeth erupt on a healthy basis and in the right order.
Nowadays, a different value of these teeth is slowly beginning to be understood.
In today’s article, I will talk about how milk teeth can actually be a future investment.
In recent years, research in the field of dentistry and biotechnology has led us to look at deciduous teeth in a different way. Because these teeth contain special cells called stem cells that can transform into other cell types when necessary. These stem cells have the potential to be used in the treatment of some diseases in the future.
It may sound like science fiction, but today, some special biotechnology companies offer ‘biological insurance’ for possible future treatments by storing stem cells taken from baby teeth under appropriate conditions.
This should be done in good time and shortly after the tooth has been extracted without decay and transported to the laboratory. Promising results are being obtained, especially in studies on bone, nerve and connective tissue regeneration.
Each milk tooth extracted in due time is no longer only remembered with ‘tooth fairy’ stories; in fact, we can say that these stories are coming true in a sense. With these new opportunities offered by science, parents can take one more step for the future of their children. Of course, developments in this field are still in their early stages, but they are expected to become more widespread in the future.
Do you think that baby teeth can be more valuable than our permanent teeth?