Dear parents, please always keep your children’s baby teeth! This could potentially save their lives in the future.

Many people diagnosed with these have to wait extended periods of time to find a suitable bone marrow match. However, if your child is ever diagnosed with one of these diseases and you should hang on to their baby teeth, the stem cells in them can be used in curement, and they won’t have to wait for a donor.

If they’re scheduled to have any teeth pulled, any teeth that are pulled (including wisdom teeth) can be helpful further down the road, so talk about tooth banking with your child’s dentist.

No parent wants to consider the horrifying thought of their child potentially being diagnosed with a life-threatening disease. However, if you take steps like storing their teeth, it can make all the difference in curement in the future.