Current Strategies and Applications of Tissue Engineering in Dentistry – A Review Part 2

From Volume 36, Issue 10, December 2009 | Pages 639-646

Authors

Neeraj Malhotra

Assistant Professor, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, India

Articles by Neeraj Malhotra

M Kundabala

MDS

Professor and Head of Department, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Mangalore, India

Articles by M Kundabala

Shashirashmi Acharya

MDS

Professor and Head of Department, Department of Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Manipal, India

Articles by Shashirashmi Acharya

Abstract

The three main key elements used in tissue engineering are the stem cells, morphogens and the scaffolds that, under a conductive external influence (environment) combine in the engineering of tissues. Part 1 of this two-part review article described in detail the various stem cells, morphogens and scaffolds that can be used in tissue engineering. This second article describes the various ways in which these three key elements can be used to engineer biological tissues. A number of strategies and technologies (Figure 1) such as, stem cell therapy, gene therapy, guided tissue regeneration, self-assembling systems, etc have been proposed.

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