Arab leading researcher makes breakthrough progress to protect teeth
MADRID: A leading Kuwaiti-born researcher has made a breakthrough innovation in dentistry that is likely to curb the loss of teeth, either through erosion or taking them out. The “bone marrow fluid” makes up for the dental bone loss, and protects the teeth against erosion and decomposition, Director of the International University of Catalonia (UIC) Regenerative Medicine Research Institute, Barcelona, professor Maher Atari said in an interview.
Atari, who is now Professor of UIC’s Surgical Medical Pathology Department, added that the fluid fights gum diseases that are known to lead to erosion of the bone around the teeth, which in time become lose and then fall, Atari explained, In teeth implant, the fluid shortens the time of fixing the titanium post into one’s jawbone to be later topped by an artificial tooth, from 3-6 teeth to 15 days only.
A third function of the fluid is fighting various types of inflammation that invade the area around implanted teeth after three to five years. It is efficient and effective, he stressed. In teeth implants, the post is immersed in the fluid before it is fixed, then the artificial tooth or the crown is fitted, only after 15 days, instead of months, he noted.
Atari noted that Kuwait’s Dasman Institute took part in the research, analyzing the proteins around the bone. On the mechanism of treatment, he said that it lies in moving the cells through electrical charges, he said.
Healthy cells have negative charges, opposite to inflammatory ones. The fluid is charged with positive charges, to cause the healthy cells to move to the inflammatory ones, where they settle and reproduce to rebuild the tooth, Atari explained.
The process has no side effects, he stressed, as the electrical charges disappear in 24-48 hours. The treatment is not confined to dentistry, but also to major bone fractures where titanium posts are needed to be fixed. The marrow fluid is applied to the bone, for rebuilding it.
The fluid will be available in the near future at dentistry clinics, Atari said. Born in 1972, Atari is a Spanish of Palestinian origin and has three Mas, and two PhDs from the US University of Minnesota and the UIC. He is also a visiting professor in some European universities. — KUNA