Craniofacial Biology for Tooth Repair and Regeneration
A special issue of Dentistry Journal (ISSN 2304-6767).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2016) | Viewed by 24209
Special Issue Editors
Interests: molecular control of tooth development/tissue engineering; dental stem cells
Interests: regenerative dentistry; dental stem cells and repair; mesenchymal stem cells; tissue engineering and 'bio-tooth engineering'
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Dear Colleagues,
Regenerative Dentistry is emerging as a new research-oriented field of Dentistry, promoting the development of treatments that enhance the body’s own repair mechanisms. It is a new concept that challenges modern dentistry to step-up dental research, translating it into new clinical treatments. The “Regenerative Dentistry approach” is based on the development of cell-based therapy, tissue engineering, and organ engineering, employing a knowledge of craniofacial and stem cell biology.
We are facing continuous progress in the application of dental stem cells in these therapies, where we can accelerate the repair and regeneration of dental tissues by using cells to deliver growth factors or cellular signals or to directly provide stem cells that are able to differentiate (become) multiple cell types.
The following specific areas will be discussed: (i) cellular and molecular biology of tissue repair; (ii) mechanisms of recruitment and stem cell niche in craniofacial tissue; (iii) recent advances, challenges and future directions in craniofacial development research and stem cell biology.
Ana Angelova Volponi and Paul T. Sharpe
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Dental Stem Cells
- Regeneration
- Repair
- Stem cell niche
- Craniofacial biology
- Stem cell biology
- Regenerative Dentistry
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