Dentistry

Abstract

Meeting Report: A Close Look at Teeth, Orofacial and Bone Development and Regeneration

Yitong Liu, Xiaoyan Li, Dana Graves, Songling Wang, Keya Mao, Zhi Chen, Xiaoling Zhang, Bei Li, Xiaoxing Kou, Songtao Shi, Syngcuk Kim, Yi Liu* and Shuying Yang*

Penn Dental Medicine Orofacial and Bone Stem Cell Research Symposium was organized by Penn DentalMedicine and hold on November 17, 2018, at Penn Wharton China Center (PWCC). This symposium marks the fourth collaborative research symposium of the Penn China Research and Engagement Fund (Penn CREF). The topics were provided by the outstanding biomedical scientists who are actively engaged in stem cell and bone research, from Penn Dental Medicine, and Chinese partner institutions, including Capital Medical University, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and Wuhan University. The topics include: orofacial dental tissue development and regeneration; teeth development and a typical translational large animal model for orofacial tissue regeneration and functional reconstruction; Scaffold independent mesenchymal stem cells-based orofacial tissue regeneration; Orofacial Soft tissue repair and regeneration; Orofacial hard tissue formation and regeneration.

Published Date: 2019-07-15; Received Date: 2019-06-07