[Myths and Facts About Tooth Regeneration] Tooth Regeneration You Can Get Right Now, No Waiting Required #Replantation #ToothTransplant #DrChoiYonghun

A topic that keeps popping up in the news and, thanks to YouTube these days, continues to pique people's curiosity.

You can make your own teeth and have them grow back!

It sounds like a dream. Wouldn't it be wonderful if a tooth that fell out could simply grow back?

Many people's hearts swell just thinking about it.

As an expert in this field, I find it truly unfortunate, so please read carefully and take your time.

First of all, please do something about the idea that teeth must always be pulled out.

Even when a tooth is broken or cracked, if you can somehow save it and keep using it, you can extend its lifespan.

Yet we all believe a tooth should always be pulled, and that's exactly what we do in practice.

There are dental implant clinics all over the country. Were all of those teeth really beyond saving?

Just think about how many of them end up as implants, and the answer is easy to see.

When people hear the miracle 'cheat code' that teeth which could easily be saved won't last long,

they react like Pavlov's dogs,

'Right, teeth need to come out!' and, as if under a spell, they keep pulling teeth so easily, even at this very moment.

Personally, I find this truly regrettable.

Anyway, let's put aside the teeth that are already gone...

Okay, let's just say we somehow managed to regenerate teeth.

There would be a way to grow a 'seed' inside your own body or in laboratory animals, and then transplant it.

Now, assume the tooth has grown and even takes root well,

it would still be very hard to match the original tooth exactly in shape, or to get the height and size 100% perfect.

So a crown would still be necessary.

Human teeth are packed tightly together, so the exact shape simply can't be recreated.

Even if the width fits, the height and shape won't match, so, if only for the sake of the chewing surface, you'd have no choice but to

get a crown or a partial ceramic restoration...

Haven't we seen this kind of tooth-saving approach somewhere before?

That's exactly wisdom tooth transplantation.

The approach is to transplant the spare wisdom teeth in your body, wait for the tooth to settle in, and then place a ceramic restoration on top to match the shape,

and that's the wisdom tooth transplantation already being performed today.

There are already excellent regenerative teeth inside your body! Four of them, no less!

Oh, but what if I don't have any wisdom teeth?

Then why wouldn't there be a way? Why wouldn't there be teeth?

Right now, at this very moment, wisdom tooth extraction clinics are pulling out hundreds, even thousands, of wisdom teeth a day and throwing them away,

and orthodontic clinics are pulling four premolars at a time, hundreds or even thousands of times a day, and discarding them.

In particular, perfectly healthy teeth are being extracted for orthodontic treatment.

These premolars are about the right size to fit almost any tooth, making them an excellent donor tooth for transplantation.

Textbooks include many cases of these being transplanted into broken front teeth.

There's no need to go to the trouble of growing teeth in a lab at great expense,

when thousands of perfectly healthy, beautiful teeth are being pulled and thrown away even now.

Couldn't these teeth be transplanted into other people's mouths?

Sounds like a great idea, doesn't it?

But the problem is that transplanting another person's tooth requires histocompatibility testing...

It's the same histocompatibility testing required for kidney or liver transplants.

The real problem is that this testing costs several million won.

Add in the time it takes, and it's completely unrealistic.

Who would want to undergo it, and who would give up their own time to donate a tooth to someone else?

So transplanting another person's tooth is the most realistic form of tooth regeneration,

and there's no technical obstacle today; if you're determined, it can be done,

but the donor and the recipient would both have to come to the clinic at the same time for treatment,

and above all, the pre-surgical testing alone costs several million won.

That's why it's unrealistic, and why it's a treatment that simply isn't offered.

Even then, the transplanted tooth would still need a crown,

just like the wisdom tooth transplantation I mentioned earlier.

What you need to understand here is this:

If moving another person's tooth already costs this much,

just think about the cost of creating a tooth from scratch, starting from zero.

And how much time and money would it take for many dentists to be trained and become proficient enough to do it reliably?

Honestly, even tooth transplantation is considered difficult, so most dentists skip it and rush toward implants. Is this really feasible?

Even the treatments available today are being neglected and fading into legend...

Is the tooth regeneration we dream of really realistic? Set aside your warm heart for a moment and think about it with a cool head.

Because of these problems,

tooth replantation (intentional replantation), which saves and regenerates the original tooth by any means possible,

and wisdom tooth transplantation, which relocates wisdom teeth, are the answer. I reached that conclusion 20 years ago, and

I've been digging deep into this field ever since.

Unless someone is born with missing teeth, most people are born with 32 teeth, including four wisdom teeth.

It's best to keep them in good shape however you can,

and the way to do that is

to receive only the treatment that's truly necessary, and only for the teeth that need it, in the minimum amount;

avoid root canal treatment, and keep tooth reduction to a minimum;

save damaged teeth through replantation,

and if that doesn't work, do a wisdom tooth transplant;

and so on. Keeping the original teeth your parents gave you going for as long as possible is the most realistic form of tooth regeneration,

but no matter how often I say this, mainstream dentistry has already moved entirely over to implants,

so in the search for an alternative to implants, the fascinating topic of tooth regeneration ends up drawing people in.

Let's leave dreams as dreams. Someday, tooth regeneration may well become widespread, as if by miracle,

but I believe the chances of that happening in our lifetime are low,

so I hope you'll focus on what's realistic and within your reach right now: saving your teeth and extending their lifespan.

That's all.

In Korea, implants are a standard treatment.

Saving teeth without root canal treatment is not a simple or easy procedure.

Also, once a tooth passes a certain point, it can no longer be saved.

Cases involving multiple missing teeth or multiple loose teeth make the tooth-saving approach I practice difficult.

I recommend looking through my blog and YouTube channel thoroughly and checking whether you fall into any of these categories.

Dr. Choi Yong-hun's Clinic Introduction Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCiCJLrG1J8

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Frequently Asked Questions

What tooth regeneration treatments can be done right now?

The article presents replantation and wisdom tooth transplantation as tooth regeneration treatments available today. It considers methods that grow new teeth to be unrealistic for now.

What is replantation?

Replantation is presented as a method of saving a damaged or broken original tooth and continuing to use it. The article explains that keeping a tooth in use this way can extend its lifespan.

How is wisdom tooth transplantation performed?

Wisdom tooth transplantation is described as moving a wisdom tooth into place and, once the tooth has settled, placing a ceramic restoration on top to match the shape. The article notes that a crown or ceramic treatment is still needed after transplantation.

Is tooth saving possible in every case?

No. The article explains that once a tooth passes a certain point, it can no longer be saved. It also notes that this approach is difficult when multiple teeth are missing or several teeth are loose.

Are implants a standard treatment in Korea?

Yes. The article explains that implants are a standard treatment in Korea. The author believes that tooth-saving treatments, including tooth transplantation, are rarely performed because they have been overshadowed by implants.