My wife and I had a most pleasant lunch this week with one of the giants in dentistry, Dr. Stephen Cohen. Dr. Cohen's claim to fame is as the author of Pathways of the Pulp, the definitive textbook on root canals that is required reading for every dental student. One would be hard pressed to find a more polished, refined, true gentleman. He is a living example of good manners, decorum, chairside rapport, and a reminder that today's man has a lot to learn about how to conduct himself in polite society. He has a stunningly gorgeous state of the art office in the Tiffany building on Union Square in San Francisco where he and his staff break for high tea at 4pm everyday.
Well into his 70's, Dr. Cohen is completely engaged in leading technology and in editing his 10th and final edition of Pathways of the Pulp. Advancements that he discussed included technology that is currently being tested to complete root canals in 5 minutes. He also discussed non-surgical instruments and techniques for resolving persistent recurrent dental infections that now require surgery. Most astonishingly, he discussed research into using stem cells to incubate new tooth nerves and tooth buds that will make implants obsolete in the future. He could not yet provide details on these techniques and instruments as the information is proprietary and does not belong to him. But stay tuned for more information in 2009!
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