Open AccessCurrent overview on challenges in regenerative endodontics
Author(s) -
Ramta Bansal,
Aditya Jain,
Sunandan Mittal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of conservative dentistry/journal of conservative dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5203
pISSN - 0972-0707
DOI - 10.4103/0972-0707.148861
Subject(s) - endodontics , dentistry , endodontic procedures , regeneration (biology) , regenerative medicine , medicine , pulp (tooth) , review article , root canal , stem cell , pathology , biology , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology
Regenerative endodontics provides hope of converting the non-vital tooth into vital once again. It focuses on substituting traumatized and pathological pulp with functional pulp tissue. Current regenerative procedures successfully produce root development but still fail to re-establish real pulp tissue and give unpredictable results. There are several drawbacks that need to be addressed to improve the quality and efficiency of the treatment.