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BRITISH JOURNAL OF ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY
卷 46, 期 5, 页码 349-354出版社
CHURCHILL LIVINGSTONE
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjoms.2008.01.012
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bioreactor; tissue engineering; reconstruction
Engineering of various oral tissues is a challenging issue in contemporary maxillofacial reconstructive research. In contrast to the classic biomaterial approach, tissue engineering is based on the understanding of cell driven tissue formation, and aims to generate new functional tissues, rather than just to implant non-living space holders. Researchers hope to reach this goal by combining knowledge from biology. physics, materials science, engineering, and medicine in an integrated manner. Several major technical advances have been made in this field during the last decade, and clinical application is at the stage of first clinical trials. A recent limitation of extracorporally engineered cellular substitutes is the problem of growing enlarged tissues ex vivo. One of the main research topics is therefore to scale up artificial tissue constructs for use in extended defect Situations. To overcome the monolayer inherent two-dimensional cell assembly, efforts have been made to grow cells in a three-dimensional space. Bioreactors have therefore been in focus for a considerable time to build tip enlarged tissues. The shift from the ex vivo approach of cell multiplication to the generation of a real tissue growth is mirrored by the development of bioreactors, enabling scientists to grow more complex tissue constructs. This present review intends to provide an overview of the current state of art in maxillofacial tissue engineering by the use of bioreactors, its limitations and hopes, as well as the future research trends. (C) 2008 The British Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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