TISSUE ENGINEERING IN ORAL AND MAXILLOFACIAL REHABILITATION - A NEW PERSPECTIVE

Objective: To collect and conclude a literature review on the applications of tissue engineering in oral and maxillofacial rehabilitation

Materials and Methods: The review was searched and collected from many sources about tissue engineering. The database of Literature was collected through the search of PubMed, Google scholar and Researchgate databases. The keywords used for the search were tissue engineering, dental applications, prosthodontics, implant dentistry and craniofacial rehabilitation. A manual search to many of the reference lists of the identified articles and the authors article files and recent reviews was made to find additional publications. Those studies that showed new features about tissue engineering were included in this review.

Results: In total 28 literature sources were searched and reviewed. Studies that described new features about elements and strategies of tissue engineering and its applications were included.

Conclusion: We summarized in this study the key elements and strategies of tissue engineering and its applications in oral and maxillofacial rehabilitation.