Pulp tissue from primary teeth: new source of stem cells

SHED (stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth) represent a population of postnatal stem cells capable of extensive proliferation and multipotential differentiation. Primary teeth may be an ideal source of postnatal stem cells to regenerate tooth structures and bone, and possibly to treat ne...

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Main Authors: Paloma Dias Telles, Maria Aparecida de Andrade Moreira Machado, Vivien Thiemy Sakai, Jacques Eduardo Nör
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of São Paulo 2011-06-01
Series:Journal of Applied Oral Science
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1678-77572011000300002