title: Stem cell-based dental tissue engineering.
abstract: The development of biological and biomaterial sciences profiled tissue engineering as a new and powerful tool for biological replacement of organs. The combination of stem cells and suitable scaffolds is widely used in experiments today, in order to achieve partial or whole organ regeneration. This review focuses on the use of tissue engineering strategies in tooth regeneration, using stem cells and stem cells/scaffold constructs. Although whole tooth regeneration is still not possible, there are promising results. However, to achieve this goal, it is important to understand and further explore the mechanisms underlying tooth development. Only then will we be able to mimic the natural processes with the use of stem cells and tissue engineering techniques.
authors.affiliation: University School of Medicine, Nis, Serbia. petarz83@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Petar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zivkovic
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Petrovic
authors.forename: Stevo
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Najman
authors.forename: Vladisav
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Stefanovic
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012038:Regeneration; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D023822:Tissue Engineering; D014070:Tooth / Q000502:physiology*