Treating Damaged Teeth with Human Hair Could Soon be Real
Are you someone scared of the occasional toothache? And the recurring ones? Tooth decay has been a bane for generations, and yet no major breakthrough has been arrived at in the treatment of painful teeth. Help seems to be on the way, though!
Scientists have, of late, stumbled upon a magic cure for damaged and painful teeth. And the magic cure comes from human hair. Damaged teeth and those pearly set of yours that could anytime fall victim to decay will be able to protect themselves through toothpaste created from human hair!
But why hair, you tend to ask? There of course is a reason. We all have heard of keratin, which is a protein that resides in hair, skin and wool. Keratin has the power to repair tooth enamel and put a halt on decay of the teeth. The study, going by a medical express report, comes from the labs of scientists at the King’s College London.
Toothpaste from human hair
The scientists have found that keratin can produce a protective coating akin to that structure and function of natural enamel when it comes into contact with minerals in saliva. So when keratin infused toothpaste is put to play while brushing daily, tooth loss would become a thing of the past.
This is because keratin forms a dense mineral layer around the tooth, shutting off nerve channels that give rise to sensitivity. Using toothpaste that has keratin as an ingredient can offer structural and symptomatic relief in a major manner.
Scientists are weighing options on how to take forward the findings of the research and put them to good use. It is most likely that tooth decay treatment could come about in the form of toothpaste or as gel that can be applied over the teeth. Using a gel can help in targeted repair and treatment. If things proceed in a time bound manner, we might even get to use keratin-based enamel regeneration treatment in the next couple of years.
Keratin magic for the teeth
The research that led to knowing that keratin repair can be deployed against tooth decay had come about on realisation that enamel does not regenerate, and the best manner in which enamel can stay strong could be through keratin based treatment and repair procedures.
So, whoever thought human hair could have such an advantage! The use of human hair in the repair of damaged teeth is interesting, right?
