Dental stem cell companies preserve dental pulp, because teeth contain stem cells that may be valuable for future medical use. Dental pulp is the soft living tissue inside a tooth that contains mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs).
The ideal time to harvest dental stem cells is when children lose their deciduous (baby) teeth, either through natural loss or extraction.
While MSCs from dental pulp stem cells are only used only in laboratory settings at this time, there are a handful of companies that offer dental stem cell storage services. Currently, the dental storage market is small, because of the early stage of research concerning the use of dental pulp stem cells in humans.
Dental Stem Cell Companies
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Storing Stem Cells from Teeth
The following are the companies offering dental stem cell storage as part of a diversified stem cell storage approach. These companies are cord blood banks that store newborn umbilical cord blood, because it contains valuable hematopoietic stem cells.
Similar to cord blood banking, dental stem cell banking involves stem cell collection, processing, and long-term storage, which is why is it an excellent service addition for these companies.
- Future Health Biobank (Nottingham, UK)
- GeneCell International (Miami, FL)
- VAULT SC Inc (Palm Coast, FL)
- Transcell Biologics Pvt Ltd (Hyderabad, India)
- ReeLabs (Mumbai, India)
- Precious Cells Group (London, UK) – In addition to being its own independent dental stem cell storage company, Precious Cells Group (PCG) entered into a strategic alliance to undertake all processing, laboratory and regulatory undertakings on behalf of Bioeden in the UK. (*Note: PCG went out of business in May 2018.)
Tooth Stem Cell Companies
In addition, specialty companies also exist that focus exclusively on dental stem cell storage. The major players in this area include:
- BioEden (Austin, TX)
- Bank A Tooth, a Singapore incorporated company specializing in dental stem cell banking, is a product of Prolife Biobank (Singapore)
- DentCell (Naucalpan, Mexico)
- National Dental Pulp Laboratory (Marlborough, MA)
- Stemade (Mumbai, India)
- StemSave (New York, NY)
- “Store-a-Tooth” run by Provia Laboratories, LLC (Littleton, MA)
- Tooth Bank (Brownsburg, IN)
While there are many other small providers of tooth stem cell storage, the companies listed above account for more than 80% of the total market share, according to estimates by BioInformant. (This estimate was produced using Google Trend data, company filings, and interviews with company representatives.)
Leading Dental Stem Cell Companies
BioEden
BioEden began offering tooth stem cell storage as early as 2006[1], making it one of the earliest known providers of dental stem cell storage. Read our interview with Tony Veverka, Chief Group Executive of BioEden.
Precious Cells Group (PCG)
PCG also entered into a strategic alliance to provide all processing, laboratory and regulatory undertakings on behalf of Bioeden in the U.K., although Precious Cells has remained a separate company and still provides direct services to its own clients. (*PCG went out of business.)
National Dental Pulp Laboratory
The National Dental Pulp Laboratory launched shortly thereafter in 2007[2].
Stemade
According to Stemade, it is the first and largest private dental stem cell storage company in India.[3] The company has also served areas of Asia since 2013 [4]. Stemade licenses their dental storage technology from Institut Clinident Biopharma, which it describes as “offering a technical solution to the collection and preservation of the dental pulp, rich in adult stem cells”[5]. The Institut Clinident Biopharma also licenses its technology to European companies as well.
ReeLabs
There is also ReeLabs[6], a major enterprise for stem cell storage in India, banking cells from over ten human sources. (Click here to read our interview with Dr. Abhijit Bopardikar, Director of ReeLabs.)
Clearly, the regions that are currently most active in offering dental stem cell storage are the United States, India, and the United Kingdom, respectively.
Footnotes
[1] Us.bioeden.com, (1963). About BioEden Inc | Stem cells | Tooth stem cell storage bank. [online] Available at: http://us.bioeden.com/about/ [Accessed 4 Nov. 2014].
[2] Ndpl.net,. ‘National Dental Pulp Laboratory | Preserving Dental Stem Cells’. N.p., 2015. Web. 19 Sept. 2015.
[3] Stemade.com,. “Stemade – India’s First & Largest Dental Stem Cell Bank”. N.p., 2015. Web. 01 Dec. 2015.
[4] Biospectrumasia.com,. “Asia’s First Dental Stem Cell Bank Is Here”. N.p., 2015. Web. 02 Dec. 2015.
[5] Stemade.com/about/partners,. “Stemade Partner”. N.p., 2015. Web. 01 Dec. 2015.
[6] Reelabs.com,. “Stem Cell Banking & Therapy In India | Reelabs”. N.p., 2015. Web. 18 Dec. 2015.
To learn more, view “Key Competitors in the Dental Stem Cell Storage Market [Brief + Database].”
The National Dental Pulp Laboratory in Marlborough MA. should also be on that list. We are the oldest, we started back in the mid 2000’s, our parent company New England Cryogenic Center has been in business since the 70’s as well as New England Cord Blood Bank.
Travis, thank you for this information. This is an important dental storage company to include. The post has been updated!
Transcell Biologics Pvt. Ltd is a complete stem cell bank operating from Hyderabad, India. The company sources therapeutic stem cells from clinically validated sources like Cord, Tooth, Fat and Bone marrow, stores in the repository for any kind of required applications
Dr. Dravida – Thank you for this important addition. Transcell Biologics Pvt. Ltd has now been added to this post. Please keep us updated as you add new stem cell market segments to your services.
It is important to note that many of the above only cryogenically freeze the tooth without expanding cells.How do you know there will be useable cells 30 years from now?All banks are NOT equal! In addition, how many process under a cGMP lab protocol? This will be important as more stringent processes are implemented, and the industry matures.
Hi Cade,
I would be very interested in getting more details on the dental Bank in Australia for my patients.
Regards,
Dr Saurav Gupta
Dr. Gupta – We will do our best to keep you updated about dental stem cell banking in Australia and worldwide. Best, Cade
Thankyou Cade
Hello Cade! We are based in Mexico City. Our commercial enterprise is Store a Cell. We´ve been 6 years on the market. We started with Dental pulp and now we expanded the license and store adipose tissue, umbilical cord, placenta, bone marrow. For more info www. storeacell.com or follow us on facebook Storeacell