Ik-Hwan Kim, Mijeong Jeon, Kyounga Cheon, Sun Ha Kim, Han-Sung Jung, Yooseok Shin, Chung Min Kang, Seong-Oh Kim, Hyung-Jun Choi, Hyo-Seol Lee, Ko Eun Lee, Je Seon Song
Conventional root canal treatment may result in loss of tooth vitality, which can lead to unfavorable treatment outcomes. Notably, a ceased tooth development of immature permanent teeth with open apices, regeneration of periodontal ligaments (PDL), and pulp is highly expected healing process. For regeneration, the scaffold is one of the critical components that carry biological benefits. Therefore, this study evaluated a decellularized human tooth as a scaffold for the PDL and pulp tissue regeneration. A tooth scaffold was fabricated using an effective decellularization method as reported in previous studies...
September 2, 2021: Applied Sciences