“…In the oral and maxillofacial area, there is a growing need to regenerate alveolar bone to treat periodontitis and for implant dentistry, and cell-based therapies are receiving increasing attention. 1,7,8,10,18,32 For dentists or oral surgeons, dental pulps and periodontal ligaments from discarded teeth, such as third molars, baby teeth that have fallen out, and premolars removed before orthodontic treatment are readily accessible and require an easy and minimally invasive procedure to obtain and store these tissues for future use. 9,11,21,23 Furthermore, banking a patient's own dental tissues is a reasonable and simple alternative to harvesting MSCs from other tissues.…”