What is the Church’s position on the admissibility of allogeneic materials in dentistry?translated

Reader question:

Hello. Is there a position of the Church on the admissibility for patients of allogeneic (including bone) materials in dentistry, permitted in Russia? Allogeneic - from donors (after death or during operations where the material is otherwise disposed of). They are processed and do not contain living cells. The Russian Orthodox Church (according to the Fundamentals of the Social Concept) allows posthumous donation from adults with lifetime consent and gratuitous sacrifice. What if there is a presumption of consent in the country of origin of the material (in Russia it does)? Is it necessary to find out the manufacturer and country? Or is it enough that the material is allowed in Russia? It's about treatment, not aesthetics.

Peter

Priest's answer:

Archpriest Mikhail SAMOKHIN

Press Secretary of the Pyatigorsk and Circassian diocese;  Head of Information and Publishing Department; head of the missionary department of the Pyatigorsk and Circassian diocese.

Hello, Peter!

Your question can be attributed to a more general category of problems of attitude towards transplantation and its technologies. The attitude of the Russian Orthodox Church towards it, as you rightly noted, is formulated in the “Fundamentals of the Social Concept” adopted by the Jubilee Council of Bishops in 2000.…