Journal
JOURNAL OF DENTAL RESEARCH
Volume 88, Issue 5, Pages 409-421Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0022034509334774
Keywords
tissue engineering; regenerative medicine; microscale; stem cell; high throughput; dentistry; tooth
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- National Institutes of Health (NIH) [RL1DE019024, ROIHL 092836]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL &CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH [RL1DE019024] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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While widespread advances in tissue engineering have occurred over the past decade, many challenges remain in the context of tissue engineering and regeneration of the tooth. For example, although tooth development is the result of repeated temporal and spatial interactions between cells of ectoderm and mesoderm origin, most current tooth engineering systems cannot recreate such developmental processes. In this regard, microscale approaches that spatially pattern and support the development of different cell types in close proximity can be used to regulate the cellular microenvironment and, as such, are promising approaches for tooth development. Microscale technologies also present alternatives to conventional tissue engineering approaches in terms of scaffolds and the ability to direct stem cells. Furthermore, microscale techniques can be used to miniaturize many in vitro techniques and to facilitate high-throughput experimentation. In this review, we discuss the emerging microscale technologies for the in vitro evaluation of dental cells, dental tissue engineering, and tooth regeneration. Abbreviations: AS, adult stem cell; BMP, bone morphogenic protein; ECM, extracellular matrix; ES, embryonic stem cell; HA, hydroxyapatite; FGF-2, fibroblast growth factor; iPS, inducible pleuripotent stem cell; IGF-1, insulin-like growth factor; PDGF, platelet-derived growth factor; PDMS, poly(dimethylsiloxane); PGA, polyglycolate; PGS, polyglycerol sebacate; PLGA, poly-L-lactate-co-glycolate; PLL, poly-L-lactate; RGD, Arg-Gly-Asp attachment site; TCP, tricalcium phosphate; TGF-beta, transforming growth factor beta; and VEGF, vascular endothelial growth factor.
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