Open AccessTooth for a tooth: Tissue engineering made easy at dental chairside
Author(s) -
Vandana K Laxman,
Rajendra Gururao Desai
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/jisp.jisp_32_16
Subject(s) - periodontal ligament stem cells , periodontal fiber , periodontium , medicine , dentistry , regeneration (biology) , ex vivo , tissue engineering , stem cell , scaffold , mesenchymal stem cell , orthodontics , in vivo , biomedical engineering , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , alkaline phosphatase , biochemistry , enzyme
Stem cells are unspecialized, multipotent cells which can differentiate into different cell types. The human periodontal ligament encloses subpopulation of Periodontal Ligament Stem Cells (PDLSCs) which are able to regenerate the periodontium by differentiating into various cells of PDL. Literature have shown the promising results of periodontal regeneration by exvivo cultured transplantation of PDLSCs into the osseous defects.