Dental stem cells, prospective in the therapy of maxillofacial injuries and defects
11th Asia Pacific Congress on Dental and Oral Health
July 25-27, 2016 Bangkok, Thailand

Meghdad Khanian Mehmandoost Sofla, Mohammad Reza Hajiani-Asl and Ali Hosseini Bereshneh

Bushehr University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Stem cells are kind of cells with unique characteristics. This highlighted traits that make Stem cells persuasive and attracting in research and to design novel therapeutic approaches are Undifferentiated nature which means, they have no any tissue-specific construction; Pluripotency which means this type of magic cells can differentiation into the different types cell from all organs; and Self-renewal which means they can produce the exact same cells to conserve the everlasting of the resource. They can be derived from various tissues and classified according its origin. Stem cells which originated from embryo called embryonic stem cell (ESC). Those derived from adults called Adult stem cell (ASC), such as Hematopoietic stem cell (HSC), Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) and Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPS). The type which used in current practice is ASC and the best resources to derive ASC are; Bone marrow, Adipose tissue, oral & maxillofacial region and Dental pulps. Dental stem cells can be differentiated to the other tissues and also can being used for maxillofacial Injuries. This type of stem cells is very useful and applicable because of its proliferative and differentiative abilities and accessibility. Dental Stem cells predominantly contain MSC. Clinical applications of this kind of stem cells are Regeneration of dentin/pulp; because Dental pulp tissue has the potential to regenerate dentin in response to injuries. the periodontal structures regenerate, like periodontal ligament; Regeneration of craniofacial defects and tooth regeneration and etc.

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