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Open Access 01-12-2018 | Dental Stem Cells in Tissue Regeneration (F Setzer, Section Editor)

Tooth Repair and Regeneration

Authors: Ana Angelova Volponi, Lucia K. Zaugg, Vitor Neves, Yang Liu, Paul T. Sharpe

Published in: Current Oral Health Reports | Issue 4/2018

Abstract

Purpose of Review

Current dental treatments are based on conservative approaches, using inorganic materials and appliances.

This report explores and discusses the newest achievements in the field of “regenerative dentistry,” based on the concept of biological repair as an alternative to the current conservative approach.

Recent Findings

The review covers and critically analyzes three main approaches of tooth repair: the re-mineralization of the enamel, the biological repair of dentin, and whole tooth engineering.

Summary

The development of a concept of biological repair based on the role of the Wnt signaling pathway in reparative dentin formation offers a new translational approach into development of future clinical dental treatments.

In the field of bio-tooth engineering, the current focus of the researchers remains the establishment of odontogenic cell-sources that would be viable and easily accessible for future bio-tooth engineering.

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Title: Tooth Repair and Regeneration
Authors: Ana Angelova Volponi
Lucia K. Zaugg
Vitor Neves
Yang Liu
Paul T. Sharpe
Publication date: 01-12-2018
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: Current Oral Health Reports / Issue 4/2018
Electronic ISSN: 2196-3002
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40496-018-0196-9

At a glance: The STEP trials

Springer Medicine

Tooth Repair and Regeneration

Abstract

Purpose of Review

Recent Findings

Summary

At a glance: The STEP trials

Springer Medicine

Abstract

Purpose of Review

Recent Findings

Summary

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