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Berkeley Vale Dental Surgery

Locality: Berkeley Vale, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 4388 6377

Address: 7/10 Lorraine Ave 2261 Berkeley Vale, NSW, Australia

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21.01.2022 even dentists need dental care! and we do anything to avoid it just like everyone else. But seriously , some of the germs that cause gingivitis have been found to cause colon cancer, bleeding gums leads to unhealthy bums!

16.01.2022 Here's a glimpse of our rolling ad campaign that is appearing at Westfield Shopping Centre in London this week - we filmed the public's response to it yesterday on Gum Health Awareness Day #howsyoursmile

15.01.2022 After too many poor applicants for a position as a dental assistant I am happy and overjoyed to welcome Jen Dezius. Jen is presently studying at the university of Newcastle and has brought the very latest in cross infection control to the surgery.

14.01.2022 Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads! (But we do need #dentists)

13.01.2022 we can see people in there 20`s with teeth that look 90 years old!

08.01.2022 we know all this and are constantly reviewing and improving our cross infection protocols. Please feel free to ask Jen Donna or myself about the protocols we use to ensure that your trip to the dentist is totally safe.

06.01.2022 Tissue engineering: Silk fibers could promote salivary gland cell regeneration SAN ANTONIO, USA: A new scientific process could provide relief for millions of i...ndividuals suffering from a dry mouth, or xerostomia. A team of scientists from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has used silk fibers as a framework on which to grow salivary gland cells. According to the researchers, their unique culture system has great potential for future research and new cell-based therapeutics. "Salivary gland stem cells are some of the most difficult cells to grow in culture and retain their function," lead researcher Dr. Chih-Ko Yeh said. "In our process, we purified the silk fibers by removing a number of contaminants. We put stem cells from rat salivary glands on the silk framework with a media to nourish them. After several weeks in culture, the cells produced a 3-D matrix covering the silk scaffolds. The cells had many of the same characteristics as salivary gland cells that grow in the mouth," he explained. According to Yeh, silk is a good choice for stem cell scaffolding, since it is natural, biodegradable, flexible and porous, giving the developing cells easy access to oxygen and nutrition. Moreover, it does not cause inflammation, as other scaffold materials have, he said. Thus far, there is no treatment for low-producing or nonfunctioning salivary glands, and the glands have little regenerative capability. Thus, the research team's unique culture system, which has been submitted for patent approval, is a major research step in the tissue engineering process of salivary gland cells and will likely be beneficial for millions of people suffering from xerostomia in the future. In the U.S., approximately 4 million people are affected by low saliva production caused by the degenerative autoimmune disease called Sjögren's syndrome, in which the body attacks its own tear ducts and salivary glands. The health issue also is a devastating problem for thousands of patients who have undergone radiation treatment for head and neck cancer, as well as about 50 percent of older Americans whose medications can cause xerostomia. Yeh hopes that the new process will help to ensure that within the next decade stem cells can be transfused into damaged human salivary glands to jump start tissue repair or engineered into artificial salivary gland tissue to replace damaged glands.