Dental pulp is thought to participate in supplementary mineralization, such as reparative
dentin and pulp stones, but no direct proof of this has been reported. To study this process at …

This paper presents a short review of three groups of tools which can be or are used for the
tissue engineering of mineralized oral structures: growth factor delivery systems (GFDS) and …

In nature, organisms control crystal nucleation and growth using organic interfaces as
templates. Scientists, in the last decades, have tried to learn from nature how to design …

Embryonic dental cells were used to check a series of criteria to be achieved for tooth
engineering. Implantation of cultured cell-cell re-associations led to crown morphogenesis …

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Biomineralization is the process by which living organisms generate organized mineral
crystals. In human cells, this phenomenon culminates with the formation of hydroxyapatite …

Mineralized tissues take either of two possible forms, distinguished on the basis of the
relationship between mineral and matrix and the organization of the mineral phase. In …

Osteoblastic cell cultures have been utilized to study a wide range of issues in bone biology,
including the regulation of the differentiation and metabolic activity of bone cells. These …

Nearly half a million bone-grafting procedures occurred in the United States in the year
2000. Tissue-engineered bone substitutes may mitigate difficulties associated with current …

Adult human bone cells isolated from jaw bone biopsies were cultured either on
Thermanox® coverslips or on polished or plasma-sprayed surfaces of titanium or …