title: Constructs and scaffolds employed to regenerate dental tissue.
abstract: Dental tissue injury and regeneration affects the daily lives of almost everyone. Tissue engineering is emerging as a promising therapy to regenerate missing teeth and dental tissues. The aim of regenerative dental therapies is to restore patients to full oral health. This means restoring normal function to missing or damaged tissue. Regeneration approaches use a combination of scaffolds, stem cells, growth factors, tissue engineering, organ tissue culture, transplantation, and tissue grafting. There are 8 key elements to create and use tissue constructs for tissue regeneration. These will be described in detail in this article.
authors: Department of Endodontics, College of Dental Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, 3200 South University Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328-2018, USA. petemurr@nova.edu
authors: Peter E
authors: PE
authors: Murray
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002465:Cell Movement; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins / Q000378:metabolism / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016557:Guided Tissue Regeneration, Periodontal / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000627:therapeutic use; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D054457:Tissue Scaffolds; D014070:Tooth / Q000503:physiopathology*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D016326:Extracellular Matrix Proteins; D036341:Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins