Regeneration approaches for dental pulp and periapical tissues with growth factors, biomaterials, and laser irradiation

Polymers

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1776-1793

  Kitamura, Chiaki ^a   Nishihara, Tatsuji ^a   Terashita, Masamichi ^a   Tabata, Yasuhiko ^b   Jimi, Eijiro ^a   Washio, Ayako ^a   Hirata, Shizu ^a  

^a KYUSHU DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dental pulp regeneration; FGF2; Gelatin hydrogels; Laser irradiation; Regeneration of bone defects

Indexed keywords

BONE DEFECT; CRITICAL SIZE; DENTAL PRACTICE; DENTAL PULP; ENDODONTIC PROCEDURES; EXOGENOUS GROWTH; EXTERNAL STIMULUS; FGF2; GELATIN HYDROGELS; GROWTH FACTOR; IRREVERSIBLE DAMAGE; LOW-INTENSITY LASER IRRADIATION; PATHOLOGICAL CHANGES; PERIAPICAL TISSUES; TOOTH FRACTURE; WOUND HEALING;

HISTOLOGY; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PEPTIDES; SCAFFOLDS; TISSUE;

SCAFFOLDS (BIOLOGY);

EID: 84861771568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/polym3041776     Document Type: Review

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