5 Topic Commentaries

Harnessing Advanced Biologics to Enhance Bone Regeneration and Implant Success

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  Alireza Moshaverinia, DDS, MS, PhD, FACP

  Assistant Professor of Prosthodontics

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  UCLA School of Dentistry

  The light treatment helped harden the hydrogel, providing a more stable vehicle for delivery of the stem cells.

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  Min Lee, PhD

  Professor of Biomaterials Science

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  UCLA School of Dentistry

  This research will help us develop the next generation of hydrogel systems with high porosity and could greatly improve current bone graft materials.

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  William V. Giannobile, DDS, MS, DMSc

  Professor of Dentistry and Bioengineering; Director, Clinical Research Center

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  University of Michigan

  The FDA had approved our platelet-derived growth factor, but the delivery system was just a ceramic matrix with growth factor attached—essentially a dose-dumping system.

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  Shuying (Sheri) Yang, MD, MS, PhD

  Professor, Department of Basic & Translational Sciences

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  University of Pennsylvania, Penn Dental Medicine

  So we’re trying to think about how we can optimize the conditions, using a growth factor-infused scaffold so the growth factor is slowly released.

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  Paula T. Hammond, PhD

  David H. Koch Professor in Engineering; Department of Chemical Engineering

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  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  This would allow the implant to last much longer, to its natural lifetime, with lower risk of failure or infection.

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