Oral and Maxillofacial Regenerative Materials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 May 2022) | Viewed by 3556
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Interests: oral and maxillofacial surgery; maxillofacial regeneration; biomaterial; maxillofacial reconstruction
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Interests: oral and maxillofacial surgery; Artificial Intelligence; orthognathic surgery
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Dear Colleagues,
The treatment goal of oral and maxillofacial reconstructive surgery following oral–maxillofacial resection and/or defects due to various congenital or acquired lesions such as tumors, neoplasm, trauma, infection or anomaly is to reconstruct/replace normal and healthy oral and maxillofacial bone and soft-tissue volume and structures. These reconstructed tissues should be functionally stable and well vascularized to undergo normal homeostasis. Regenerative technology is at the forefront of our medical and dental research. Polymer-based regenerative biomaterials such as bioresorbable and biodegradable osteosynthetic fixation systems or boney reconstruction implant materials have recently been considered to be effective bone regenerative reconstruction systems that offer several advantages over conventional materials. Currently, four main types of reconstructive materials are available to clinicians for oral–maxillofacial regenerative application in oral and maxillofacial surgery: autologous bone, allogenic bone, xenogenic bone, and alloplastic bone. In addition, stem cells, bioactive agents, and growth factors are now being widely used to stimulate osteoinductive/osteoconductive regenerative properties of native bone and various biomaterials for active bone regeneration.
For this Special Issue, I would like to feature any original research articles from clinical studies as well as in vitro and in vivo studies, reviews, short reports, or opinion pieces from researchers interested in these research topics of “Oral and Maxillofacial Regenerative Materials”.
Prof. Dr. Takahiro Kanno
Dr. Shintaro Sukegawa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- oral and maxillofacial surgery
- bone regeneration
- biomaterial
- stem cell
- reconstructive surgery
- dental material
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