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ReviewTrends in molecular medicine2021

Tooth Repair and Regeneration: Potential of Dental Stem Cells.

Weibo Zhang, Pamela C Yelick

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Review in Trends in molecular medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 80 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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80citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.0field-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

80 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 135 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Tooth regeneration in animals. A systematic review.Medicina oral, patologia oral y cirugia bucal · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Weibo ZhangDepartment of Orthodontics, Division of Craniofacial and Molecular Genetics, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Pamela C YelickDepartment of Orthodontics, Division of Craniofacial and Molecular Genetics, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: pamela.yelick@tufts.edu.
Tufts University · US

Funding

Bioengineered Composite Alveolar Bone-Tooth Constructs for Tooth RegenerationR01DE026731 · NIDCR · TUFTS UNIVERSITY BOSTON · PI YELICK, PAMELA C · 2017 to 2021
$3.6M
NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DE026731
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tooth defects are an extremely common health condition that affects millions of individuals. Currently used dental repair treatments include fillings for caries, endodontic treatment for pulp necrosis, and dental implants to replace missing teeth, all of which rely on the use of synthetic materials. By contrast, the fields of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine and dentistry (TERMD) use biologically based therapeutic strategies for vital tissue regeneration, and thus have the potential to regenerate living tissues. Methods to create bioengineered replacement teeth benefit from a detailed understanding of the molecular signaling networks regulating natural tooth development. We discuss how key signaling pathways regulating natural tooth development are being exploited for applications in TERMD approaches for vital tooth regeneration.

Indexed as

Tissue ScaffoldsToothHumansOdontogenesisRegenerative MedicineSignal TransductionStem CellsTissue EngineeringTooth Germdental epithelial–mesenchymal cell–cell interactionsdental stem cellsregenerative medicine and dentistryspatiotemporal controltissue engineeringtooth regenerationtooth repair

Identifiers

PMID33781688
PMCPMC9907435
OpenAlexW3147800719

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