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ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2021

Regenerative Medicine Technologies to Treat Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Defects.

Jessica M Latimer, Shogo Maekawa, Yao Yao, David T Wu, Michael Chen, William V Giannobile

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
41citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
4.0field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

41 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 69 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Advances in biomaterials and technologies applied in craniofacial regeneration.Journal of materials science. Materials in medicine · 2026
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  14. Biofabrication - Revolutionizing the future of regenerative periodontics.Dental materials : official publication of the Academy of Dental Materials · 2025
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  19. Recent advances in additive manufacturing of patient-specific devices for dental and maxillofacial rehabilitation.Dental materials : official publication of the Academy of Dental Materials · 2024
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  20. Recent Advances in Scaffolds for Guided Bone Regeneration.Biomimetics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Jessica M LatimerDepartment of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Shogo MaekawaDepartment of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Yao YaoDepartment of Periodontics & Oral Medicine, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
David T WuDepartment of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Michael ChenDepartment of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
William V GiannobileDepartment of Oral Medicine, Infection, and Immunity, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, United States.
Harvard University · USBioSurfaces (United States) · USTokyo Medical and Dental University · JP

Funding

Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Regenerative Medicine Resource Center: Advancing Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Regeneration to Clinical Trial InitiationU24DE029462 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI GIANNOBILE, WILLIAM V, KOHN, DAVID H. · 2020 to 2024
$31.3M
Michigan-Pittsburgh-Wyss Resource Center: Supporting Regenerative Medicine in Dental, Oral and Craniofacial TechnologiesU24DE026915 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI GIANNOBILE, WILLIAM V, KOHN, DAVID H. · 2017 to 2019
$11.7M
NIDCR NIH HHS U24 DE026915NIDCR NIH HHS U24 DE029462
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Additive manufacturing (AM) is the automated production of three-dimensional (3D) structures through successive layer-by-layer deposition of materials directed by computer-aided-design (CAD) software. While current clinical procedures that aim to reconstruct hard and soft tissue defects resulting from periodontal disease, congenital or acquired pathology, and maxillofacial trauma often utilize mass-produced biomaterials created for a variety of surgical indications, AM represents a paradigm shift in manufacturing at the individual patient level. Computer-aided systems employ algorithms to design customized, image-based scaffolds with high external shape complexity and spatial patterning of internal architecture guided by topology optimization. 3D bioprinting and surface modification techniques further enhance scaffold functionalization and osteogenic potential through the incorporation of viable cells, bioactive molecules, biomimetic materials and vectors for transgene expression within the layered architecture. These computational design features enable fabrication of tissue engineering constructs with highly tailored mechanical, structural, and biochemical properties for bone. This review examines key properties of scaffold design, bioresorbable bone scaffolds produced by AM processes, and clinical applications of these regenerative technologies. AM is transforming the field of personalized dental medicine and has great potential to improve regenerative outcomes in patient care.

Indexed as

3D printingbiocompatibilitybioresorbable scaffoldsbone regenerationperiodontal diseases/therapyregenerative medicinetissue engineering

Identifiers

PMID34422781
PMCPMC8378232
OpenAlexW3189786889

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