Dental ailments such as periodontal diseases, dental caries and bone loss are prevalent oral diseases worldwide affecting the
quality of life. Tissue engineering is a newly emerging biomedical technology that combines the principles of engineering,
material and biological sciences toward the development of therapeutic strategies and biological substitutes that restore,
maintain, replace or improve biological functions. The association of biomaterials, stem cells, growth and differentiation
factors have yielded the development of new treatment opportunities in most of the biomedical areas, including dentistry.
The objective of this paper is to present the principles underlying tissue engineering and the current scenario, the challenges
and the perspectives of this area in Dentistry.
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