Dental Pulp Stem Cells for Bone Tissue Engineering: A Literature Review

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Three key elements of bone tissue engineering: stem cells capable of differentiating into osteoblasts, regulated by inducible growth factors, and bioresorbable scaffolding matrices to support cellular attachment, migration, and proliferation; promote osteogenesis; promotes osteogenesis and the synthesis and secretion of extracellular matrix proteins, such as collagen; promotes the proliferation and differentiation of osteoblasts; and promotes angiogenesis.