Regenerative Therapy in Dentistry: A Review

Abstract

Despite millions of people suffering from dental caries and periodontitis to date, we don’t have effective treatments that guarantee complete restoration of the impacted tissues. The current procedures mostly help in delaying the disease progress, and hence, bringing alternative approaches for whole tooth replacement has become indispensable. Considering the scenario, regenerative medicine seems to be the novel approach, given its innovative therapeutic techniques that aid in the repair and replacement of damaged, aged, diseased, or congenitally defective tissues and organs. While we are yet to overcome various challenges, including effective ways to control the size, color, and shape of the tooth and come up with the perfect implantation sites for the jaw to enable in vitro tooth development, the ongoing research and their favorable results reveal that whole-tooth regeneration and bioengineered functional tooth are not a distant dream. Keywords: Regeneration, Regenerative therapy, Scaffolds, Tissue engineering.