title: Alastair Sloan: 'dentists have already been practising regenerative medicine for about 80 years'.
abstract: Alastair Sloan, speaker at the 2012 BDA Christmas Lecture, describes a regenerative future for dentistry, the standing of UK dental research and his scientific heroes.
authors.forename: Alastair
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sloan
mesh_terms: D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D003782:Dental Pulp / Q000166:cytology; D018865:Dental Research / Q000639:trends; D003813:Dentistry / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D012038:Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D044968:Regenerative Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000502:physiology; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000639:trends; D014070:Tooth / Q000502:physiology; D006113:United Kingdom
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials