Current Advances in Oral and Craniofacial Tissue Engineering

Introduction to Oral and Craniofacial Tissue Engineering

María Verónica Cuevas González, Eduardo Villarreal-Ramírez, Adriana Pérez-Soria, Pedro Alberto López Reynoso, Vincenzo Guarino and Marco Antonio Alvarez-Pérez

Translation of Tissue Engineering Approach from Laboratory to Clinics

Daniel Chavarría-Bolaños, José Vega-Baudrit, Bernardino Isaac Cerda-Cristerna, Amaury Pozos-Guillén and Mauricio Montero-Aguilar

Polymer Materials for Oral and Craniofacial Tissue Engineering

Iriczalli Cruz Maya and Vincenzo Guarino

Calcium Phosphate and Bioactive Glasses

Osmar A. Chanes-Cuevas, José L. Barrera-Bernal, Iñigo Gaitán-S. and David Masuoka

From Conventional Approaches to Sol-gel Chemistry and Strategies for the Design of 3D Additive Manufactured Scaffolds for Craniofacial Tissue Engineering

A. Gloria, T. Russo, M. Martorelli and R. De Santis

Mesenchymal Stem Cells from Dental Tissues

Febe Carolina Vázquez Vázquez, Jael Adrián Vergara-Lope Núñez, Juan José Montesinos and Patricia González-Alva

Composite Materials for Oral and Craniofacial Repair or Regeneration

Teresa Russo, Roberto De Santis and Antonio Gloria

Biomimetic Approaches for the Design and Development of Multifunctional Bioresorbable Layered Scaffolds for Dental Regeneration

Campodoni Elisabetta, Dozio Samuele Maria, Mulazzi Manuela, Montanari Margherita, Montesi Monica, Panseri Silvia, Sprio Simone, Tampieri Anna and Sandri Monica

Craniofacial Regeneration: Bone

Laura Guadalupe Hernández Tapia, Lucia Pérez Sánchez, Rafael Hernández González and Janeth Serrano-Bello

Gingiva and Periodontal Tissue Regeneration

Avita Rath, Preena Sidhu, Priyadarshini Hesarghatta Ramamurthy, Bennete Aloysius Fernandes and Swapnil Shankargouda

Dentin-Pulp Complex Regeneration

Amaury Pozos-Guillén and Héctor Flores

Gene Therapy in Oral Tissue Regeneration

Fernando Suaste Olmos, Patricia González-Alva, Alejandro Luis Vega-Jiménez and Osmar Alejandro Chanes-Cuevas

Injectable Scaffolds for Oral Tissue Regeneration

J.L. Suárez-Franco and B.I. Cerda-Cristerna

Clinical Progresses in Regenerative Dentistry and Dental Tissue Engineering

Rohan Shah and Manasi Shimpi

Oral tissue engineering involves the study of current approaches for in vitro regeneration of soft and hard tissues located into the oral cavity. In this context, recent approaches involves the use of innovative biomaterials to replace the lost or damaged human oral tissues. Recent discoveries in materials science and nanotechnology are drastically changing the traditional approach to dentistry by the design of innovative devices able more efficiently supporting the natural regeneration process. The objective of this book is to highlight current progress in tissue engineering for various dental hard/soft tissues including enamel, dentin, pulp, alveolar bone, periodontium, gum and oral mucosa, by emphasizing the role of materials and their specific applications.

Dr. Vincenzo Guarino, PhD in Materials Science and Biomaterials, is Senior Researcher at the National Research Council of Italy (IPCB-CNR), Scientific Responsible of the Electrospinning and Optical Microscopy Labs, and co-responsible of LAMEST (Laboratory of Transmission and Electron Scanning Microscopy). His main research interests include biomaterials, scaffold design for tissue engineering and, more recently, the optimization of electro fluid dynamic technologies (i.e., electrospinning, electrospraying, Electro Dynamic Atomization) for the fabrication of micro/nanofibres, particles and capsules in regenerative medicine, drug delivery and cancer therapy. Author/co-author of about 150 international publications, 200 contributions in international/national conferences. (H-Index 2019 - Google Scholar 33; Scopus 28).

Dr. Marco Antonio Alvarez-Pérez is a Full Professor and Research in Dental School at UNAM. He is Head of Tissue Bioengineering Laboratory involved in several national and international projects. His main research interest includes design of micro and nanostructured scaffolds, cell and molecular biology characterization of mesenchymal stem cells for tissue engineering applications. Design of bio-inks with biomolecules for 3D scaffolds for bioprinting technology. He is member of international scientific committees and author/co-author of several papers in international peer-reviewed journals, reviews and chapters books. He is supervisor of bachelor, master and PhD students of biology, dental, physic and material engineering programs.