Teeth Regrowth Using Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound, LIPUS

 

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This article has nothing really to do with how to increase our height but it does have another very important function and utility. We will focus back on the Low Intensity Pulsed Ultrasound technology to see how it will workto regrow our teeth and maybe ever regenerate lost teeth.

However, I have found a few links (like HERE) which claim that all you really need is a low frequency ultrasound source. You can’t get a high frequency ultrasound device legally unless you are a doctor. There is supposed to be a Novasonic device that can generate a sound vibration of 20,000 Hertz. If you touch the device to your skin, you can fell it working on the inside of the skin. There is also supposed to be a second type of device you can find on Ebay if you type in “ultrasound massager”. The link above says that they cost about $100-150. They are much more powerful and can generate sound vibrations of up to 3-5 mHz frequency. You put these device close to your teeth and gums every day and they massage your gums and teeth to help them become stronger and regenerate.

It is a little bad and the resource seems a little non-credible but from a badly designed Rex Research website found HERE, I copy and pasted the articles that have talked about the LIPUS technology for the use of teeth regeneration.

http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/06/28/060628204537.2422eofv.html
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060628/wl_canada_afp/canadaussciencehealth&printer=1;_ylt=Ai0n21.IDNpv5KbEzjuV2Pz6OrgF;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-
Wed Jun 28, 4:47 PM ET

Smile! A New Canadian Tool Can Regrow Teeth Say Inventors Snaggle-toothed hockey players and sugar lovers may soon rejoice as Canadian scientists said they have created the first device able to re-grow teeth and bones.

The researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton filed patents earlier this month in the United States for the tool based on low-intensity pulsed ultrasound technology after testing it on a dozen dental patients in Canada.

“Right now, we plan to use it to fix fractured or diseased teeth, as well as asymmetric jawbones, but it may also help hockey players or children who had their tooth knocked out,” Jie Chen, an engineering professor and nano-circuit design expert, told AFP.

Chen helped create the tiny ultrasound machine that gently massages gums and stimulates tooth growth from the root once inserted into a person’s mouth, mounted on braces or a removable plastic crown.

The wireless device, smaller than a pea, must be activated for 20 minutes each day for four months to stimulate growth, he said.

It can also stimulate jawbone growth to fix a person’s crooked smile and may eventually allow people to grow taller by stimulating bone growth, Chen said.

Tarek El-Bialy, a new member of the university’s dentistry faculty, first tested the low-intensity pulsed ultrasound treatment to repair dental tissue in rabbits in the late 1990s.

His research was published in the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics and later presented at the World Federation of Orthodontics in Paris in September 2005.

With the help of Chen and Ying Tsui, another engineering professor, the initial massive handheld device was shrunk to fit inside a person’s mouth.

It is still at the prototype stage, but the trio expects to commercialize it within two years, Chen said.

The bigger version has already received approvals from American and Canadian regulatory bodies, he noted.

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