Denise Resen will give an informative speech on dental stem cells. She will discuss what dental stem cells are, the benefits they provide, how they are harvested and stored, and when this new technology will be available. Dental stem cells are unspecified cells harvested from extracted teeth that can be stored for future use in treating diseases and regenerating tissues. They are an accessible stem cell source and pose fewer ethical issues than other sources. Current technology allows for their storage in dental offices using collection kits.

1. Informative Speech
By
Denise Resen

2.  First: What are Dental Stem Cells
 Second: What benefits are derived from
Dental Stem Cells
 Third: How are Dental Stem Cells harvested
and stored
 Fourth: When will this new technology be
available

3.  I have worked in dental field since 1973
 Many articles recently in dental journals
regarding the discovery and uses of Dental
Stem Cells
 Stem cells from placenta in the news; very
controversial
 Ethical issues
 Women having babies to use the placenta for
stem cell harvesting.

4.  Dental Stem Cells are preserved for future use
to treat diseases
 Less ethical and controversial considerations
than stem cells harvested from the placenta
 Ease of harvesting stem cells from teeth
 Deters women from having a baby just to use
the placenta/embryonic cells to harvest stem
cells
 The way of the future

5.  Dental stem cells were discovered in dental
pulp in the year 2000.
 Stem cells are immature, unspecialized cells.
 Stem Cells are able to differentiate into
specialized cell types.

6.  Using one’s own cells reduces the chances of
infection or rejection of donor cells.
 Banking dental stem cells offer the patient an
alternative to the more invasive and ethically
controversial sources of banking stem cells.
 Ease of access; dental stem cells are the most
accessible stem cells.

7. Used to treat:
 Parkinson’s Disease
 Alzheimer’s
 Autoimmune Disease
 Cardiovascular Disease
 Regenerative Therapy (spinal or brain injury)
 Diabetes
 Many more uses are being discovered with
continued research.

8.  Dental stem cells are harvested from pulp
tissue of a newly extracted tooth.
 Stem cells within the pulp at the apex (end of
the root) of developing teeth are a valuable
source of very proliferative stem cells.

9.  Research shows that cells can be preserved
under cryopreservation.
 Stored cells have the ability to differentiate
and proliferate.
 Dental professionals can now assist their
patient with recovering and banking their
dental stem cells.

10.  Several companies currently offer collection
and cryopreservation services through dental
offices.
 Kits are currently available to collect and
transport harvested tissue samples from the
dental office.

11.  Dental Stem Cells are unspecified cells; cells
that designated to regenerate growth of
human tissues.
 Dental Stem Cells are stored for future use to
treat diseases or tissue regeneration.
 Dental Stem Cells are harvested from a newly
extracted tooth.
 Ease of storage in kits provided at the dental
clinic; technology is now available.

12. Stemsave.com
Store-a-tooth.com
Spolarich, A. E., 2009. The cell revolution.
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Spolarich, A. E., 2009. The regenerative
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Giannobile, W., 2007. A paradigm shift.
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