Missed Umbilical cord stem cells for your child? Good news. Here’s one more option for you to store your child’s stem cells. By the way, have your child lost her milk tooth or about to lose it? Wait, do not throw it away as it can help her save her life and protect her from deadly diseases including heart attack. How?
Milk Tooth has Stem Cells
Milk tooth consists of stem cells which can be preserved and to harvest stem cells in a dental stem cell bank for future use in the face of serious ailments.
Where are stem cells located in Milk Tooth?:
What are stem cells? and What do they do?
Here’s a small Video on stem cells and it will help you know better:
Why Dental Stem Cells are Important?
“The umbilical cord is a good source for blood-related cells, or hemaotopoietic cells, which can be used for blood-related diseases, like leukaemia (blood cancer). Having said that, blood-related disorders constitute only four percent of all diseases,” Shailesh Gadre, founder and managing director of the company Stemade Biotech.
“For the rest of the 96 percent tissue-related diseases, the tooth is a good source of mesenchymal (tissue-related) stem cells. These cells have potential application in all other tissues of the body, for instance, the brain, in case of diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s; the eye (corneal reconstruction), liver (cirrhosis), pancreas (diabetes), bone (fractures, reconstruction), skin and the like,” he said.
However some doctors claim it that it is still under research and it will still require lots of study.
Dental Stem Cell bank in India:
There are some good dental stem banks in India which you can contact to preserve your child’s milk tooth stem cells. You can even store your own wisdom tooth stem cells in these banks:
Stemade Biotech: Call Toll-free 1800 102 7836 to register or know about any information regarding dental stem cell banking
Store Your Cells: Call them at +91 22 25633687 to know about their plans. Also “Store Your Cells” was first ever dental stem bank in India.
What is the Cost of Preserving dental stem cells?
The cost of preserving would be high because these stem cells are stored under refrigeration ( at -150 degree celcius) and therefore it requires lots of investment for those who are operating such banks. As operating costs are higher, the cost of preserving dental stem cells are high too. But looking at the future costs of surgery, transplants, replacement and cost incurred in other deadly diseases, the cost of preserving is very less.
The estimate cost would be around Rs. 2-3 Lakhs for some 10 years. (A Bypass surgery may cost you Rs. 3 lakhs. Looking at this relatively, it is very cheap) but the cost depends upon various factors like banks to banks, number of years of preservation, age of child etc.
Go for it! Give your child a gift of life 
Hat tip to Prakarsh Buch
Your Child’s Milk Tooth Can Save his/her Life.
Your Child’s Milk Tooth Can Save his/her Life.