Bone regeneration
AssigneesOdontis Ltd., Intercytex Limited
InventorsPaul Sharpe, Michael Leek, Paul Kemp, Ewan Campbell
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Abstract
The present invention is based on the discovery that when a tooth primordium is inserted into a mammalian jaw and tooth formation follows, new alveolar bone around the new tooth forms. The present invention is based on the idea of stimulating new tooth formation via the implantation of tooth primordia at selected places in the jaw (e.g. at four points in the molar regions) to result in the formation of bony protuberances which could facilitate denture retention. The teeth may then be removed from the jaw of the patient to leave the new alveolar bone.
Claims10
A method of jaw augmentation, the method comprising implanting a tooth primordium into a space in the oral cavity of a patient and allowing the tooth primordium to develop into a tooth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.