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ArticleScientific reports2017

Promotion of natural tooth repair by small molecule GSK3 antagonists.

Vitor C M Neves, Rebecca Babb, Dhivya Chandrasekaran, Paul T Sharpe

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 86 papers.

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86citing papers in PubMed
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

86 citing papers in PubMed, 195 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 1 institution in 1 country.

Vitor C M NevesDepartment of Craniofacial Development and Stem Cell Biology, Dental Institute, Kings College London, UK.
Rebecca BabbDepartment of Craniofacial Development and Stem Cell Biology, Dental Institute, Kings College London, UK.
Dhivya ChandrasekaranDepartment of Craniofacial Development and Stem Cell Biology, Dental Institute, Kings College London, UK.
Paul T SharpeDepartment of Craniofacial Development and Stem Cell Biology, Dental Institute, Kings College London, UK.
King's College London · GB

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_PC_15031Medical Research Council MR/J006742/1Medical Research Council MR/K011421/1Medical Research Council MR/K018035/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The restoration of dentine lost in deep caries lesions in teeth is a routine and common treatment that involves the use of inorganic cements based on calcium or silicon-based mineral aggregates. Such cements remain in the tooth and fail to degrade and thus normal mineral volume is never completely restored. Here we describe a novel, biological approach to dentine restoration that stimulates the natural formation of reparative dentine via the mobilisation of resident stem cells in the tooth pulp. Biodegradable, clinically-approved collagen sponges are used to deliver low doses of small molecule glycogen synthase kinase (GSK-3) antagonists that promote the natural processes of reparative dentine formation to completely restore dentine. Since the carrier sponge is degraded over time, dentine replaces the degraded sponge leading to a complete, effective natural repair. This simple, rapid natural tooth repair process could thus potentially provide a new approach to clinical tooth restoration.

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AnimalsCells, CulturedCollagenDental CariesDental PulpDentinGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3MiceTooth InjuriesWnt Signaling PathwayCollagenGlycogen Synthase Kinase 3

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PMID28067250
PMCPMC5220443
OpenAlexW2568491470

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