Dentists can be at the Forefront of the Emerging Field of Regenerative Medicine
Lexington, MA � February 13, 2012 � Provia Laboratories, LLC will be exhibiting during the Chicago Midwinter Meeting at booth # 3346 to showcase its Store-A-ToothTM dental stem cell preservation service.
The Store-A-ToothTM service enables families to save their own adult stem cells � from baby teeth ready to fall out; teeth pulled for orthodontic reasons; and wisdom teeth being extracted. Dental professionals play a role in making patients aware of this option, giving families the choice to safely and securely store their stem cells today � in a convenient and affordable way � so that they can take advantage of future therapies in regenerative medicine and dentistry.
The company partners with dental offices to make it easy to educate and inform patients about the option to preserve their family�s dental stem cells. For those interested in the service, Provia works with the dental team to provide high-quality tooth collection, and arranges for the sample to be sent overnight to the lab, where the stem cells are harvested, tested, and cryopreserved for future potential use.
�New stem cell therapies are going to change medicine as we know it, and dentists will play a leading role in enabling this transformation,� states Howard Greenman, Provia Labs� CEO. �There�s been a lot of media buzz about stem cell research in general, but most people are unaware that a very potent and plentiful source of viable stem cells exits in the dental pulp of healthy teeth.�
Dental stem cells have already been used successfully in people to regenerate alveolar jaw bone and to treat periodontal disease. �One of the first routine applications in the oral cavity for the use of mesenchymal stem cells from teeth will be to promote bone growth around implants so they integrate more quickly, similar to how cellular bone matrix products are used today,� says Dr. Nicholas Perrotta, DMD, who started providing the Store-A-Tooth service in 2011.
�In addition to potential applications in regenerative dentistry, dental stem cell research may lead to new treatments for a wide range of medical conditions, including type 1 diabetes, stroke, cardiovascular disease, spinal cord injuries, and Parkinson�s disease, to name a few,� explains Peter Verlander, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer for Provia Labs. �Dental stem cell collection and preservation gives parents the peace of mind that they are now equipped to take advantage of the breakthroughs in stem cell therapies that will arise from the research community.�
�Store-A-Tooth is less expensive than collecting stem cells from umbilical cord blood. In fact, we hear from many of our customers that they are thankful to have this opportunity to store their stem cells, especially if they missed the chance to save cord blood,� states Greenman. �Our mission is to make stem cell banking accessible to the millions of children losing teeth
every year.�
There are no fees or costs to dentists who wish to become an authorized Store-A-Tooth provider; in fact, dentists can generate incremental revenue for assisting with tooth collection. Provia Labs supplies all participating practices with patient education materials, practice tools, and dedicated support; training is simple, and there is minimal impact to existing workflow.
Dental professionals share Store-A-Tooth educational materials with their patients, who enroll directly with Provia Labs. The day of the appointment, the dentist simply places the extracted tooth into the Store-A-Tooth collection kit, which includes a proven transport device called Save-A-Tooth�. In use by thousands of dentists for over 20 years, the Save-A-Tooth is an FDA-approved and ADA-accepted device for transporting avulsed teeth for reimplantation. The Store-A-Tooth collection kit is shipped overnight to the Provia Laboratories facility, where the stem cells are processed and stored.
The Store-A-Tooth service is currently available to dental offices throughout the United States and internationally. To become a provider, visit www.store-a-tooth.com or call 877-867-5753.
About Provia Laboratories, LLC
Headquartered in Lexington, MA, Provia Laboratories, LLC (www.provialabs.com) is a healthcare services company specializing in high-quality biobanking (preservation of biological specimens). The company�s Store-A-Tooth service platform enables the collection, transport, processing, and storage of dental stem cells for potential use in future stem-cell therapies. The company advises industrial, academic, and governmental clients on matters related to the preservation of biological specimens for research and clinical use. In addition, Provia offers a variety of products for use in complex biobanking environments to improve sample logistics, security, and quality. For more information on dental stem cells, call 1-877-867-5753, visit www.store-a-tooth.com or www.facebook.com/storeatooth, or follow via twitter @StoreATooth.
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