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ReviewJournal of endodontics2014

Scaffolds to control inflammation and facilitate dental pulp regeneration.

John S Colombo, Amanda N Moore, Jeffrey D Hartgerink, Rena N D'Souza

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Review in Journal of endodontics, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
7.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

John S ColomboSchool of Dentistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah; Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas.
Amanda N MooreDepartment of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas.
Jeffrey D HartgerinkDepartment of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Rice University, Houston, Texas.
Rena N D'SouzaSchool of Dentistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah. Electronic address: RD'souza@bcd.tamhsc.edu.
Rice University · USUniversity of Utah · US

Funding

Self-assembling Peptide Nanofiber Hydrogels for Nerve RegenerationR01DE021798 · NIDCR · RICE UNIVERSITY · PI HARTGERINK, JEFFREY DALE · 2012 to 2021
$3.7M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE021798NIDCR NIH HHS R01-DE021798
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In dentistry, the maintenance of a vital dental pulp is of paramount importance because teeth devitalized by root canal treatment may become more brittle and prone to structural failure over time. Advanced carious lesions can irreversibly damage the dental pulp by propagating a sustained inflammatory response throughout the tissue. Although the inflammatory response initially drives tissue repair, sustained inflammation has an enormously destructive effect on the vital pulp, eventually leading to total necrosis of the tissue and necessitating its removal. The implications of tooth devitalization have driven significant interest in the development of bioactive materials that facilitate the regeneration of damaged pulp tissues by harnessing the capacity of the dental pulp for self-repair. In considering the process by which pulpitis drives tissue destruction, it is clear that an important step in supporting the regeneration of pulpal tissues is the attenuation of inflammation. Macrophages, key mediators of the immune response, may play a critical role in the resolution of pulpitis because of their ability to switch to a proresolution phenotype. This process can be driven by the resolvins, a family of molecules derived from fatty acids that show great promise as therapeutic agents. In this review, we outline the importance of preserving the capacity of the dental pulp to self-repair through the rapid attenuation of inflammation. Potential treatment modalities, such as shifting macrophages to a proresolving phenotype with resolvins are described, and a range of materials known to support the regeneration of dental pulp are presented.

Indexed as

Tissue ScaffoldsBiocompatible MaterialsDental PulpDental Pulp NecrosisDocosahexaenoic AcidsEicosapentaenoic AcidHumansMacrophagesPulpitisRegenerationTooth, NonvitalBiocompatible MaterialsDocosahexaenoic AcidsEicosapentaenoic AcidBiomaterialsdental pulpendodonticsinflammationpulp regenerationresolvinstissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID24698696
PMCPMC4208618
OpenAlexW2162238647

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