Dental Grafts script

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DENTAL GRAFTS (running time = 2:19)

SUGGESTED INTRO: DENTISTS AT CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY IN CLEVELAND HAVE COME UP WITH A NEW DENTAL PROCEDURE THAT SAVES TEETH DAMAGED BY PERIODONTAL GUM DISEASE. HERE'S A REPORT:

VOICEOVER: DESPITE FLUORIDATED WATER, IMPROVED NUTRITION, AND BETTER DENTAL HYGIENE, PERIODONTAL GUM DISEASE CONTINUES TO PLAGUE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, ESPECIALLY THE ELDERLY. LOSS OF BONE MASS FROM TEETH, CAUSED BY PERIODONTAL GUM DISEASE CAN CAUSE TEETH TO LOOSEN AND EVENTUALLY LEAD TO THEIR LOSS. SEVENTY PERCENT OF TEETH LOST AFTER AGE 40 CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THIS DISEASE. NOW, CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY DENTISTS HAVE COME UP WITH A WAY TO SAVE THESE TEETH USING DENTAL GRAFTS. BY USING NATURAL AND SYNTHETIC COMPOUND MATERIALS TO SECURE DAMAGED AND LOOSENED TEETH, AND STIMULATE THE RE-GROWTH OF BONE AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE, DENTISTS CAN NOW SAVE ORIGINAL TEETH THAT MIGHT OTHERWISE BE LOST. NABIL BISSADA LEADS THE UNIVERSITY'S DENTAL GRAFT RESEARCH.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:

NABIL BISSADA, D.D.S.

PROF. & CHAIRMAN

CWRU PERIODONTICS

(OUTCUE: "... like a healthy tooth.") (0:45)

VOICEOVER: BISSADA FOUND THAT THE PRESENCE OF ANTIBIOTIC MATERIAL AT THE BONE GRAFT SITE CREATES A BETTER ENVIRONMENT FOR NEW BONE TO FORM. TETRACYCLINE IS USED TO INHIBIT THE DESTRUCTION OF COLLAGEN, THE PRIMARY MATERIAL OF TISSUE THAT SUPPORTS TEETH. JAN SIDLEY RECEIVED DENTAL GRAFTS, AND IS PLEASED WITH THE RESULTS.

SOT & SUGGESTED SUPER:

JAN SIDLEY

DENTAL GRAFT PATIENT

(OUTCUE: "... cleaning in two years.") (0:17)

VOICEOVER: UNIVERSITY RESEARCHERS WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH DENTAL GRAFTS, PERFECTING THEIR USE SO PATIENTS CAN HAVE STRONGER TEETH LONGER THAN THEY MIGHT HAVE.

THIS IS TOM SHROUT REPORTING FROM CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, CLEVELAND.

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