Dental tissue injuries significantly affect the quality of life of hundreds of
people worldwide. Although dental implants can be functionally effective in many cases,
they are not able to completely satisfy all the aspects of regenerative dentistry. Tissue
engineering using innovative biomaterial scaffolds that support cells for functional
regenerative dental tissues offers new possibilities for clinical dentistry. There have
been several attempts to examine different biomaterial scaffolds and cell sources to
regenerate substitutes for natural extracellular matrix analogs. It is believed that
regenerative dentistry involving scaffolds, stem cells, and growth factors will become
common within the next twenty years. This chapter compiles a thorough review on the
current developments and challenges in scaffolding techniques that are of particular
significance for regenerative dentistry.
Keywords: Bioceramics, biopolymers, dentistry, fabrication, scaffolds, stem
cells, tissue engineering.
