SCAFFOLDS USED IN PERIODONTAL TISSUE ENGINEERING

The main goal of periodontal treatment is to ensure complete regeneration of lost periodontal tissues. in recent years, alternative approaches to the treatment of periodontal tissues in regenerative tissue engineering applications has been seen frequently in the literature. in general, a scaffold that supports the new forming tissues, with stem cells providing tissue regeneration of lost tissues and growth factors contributing the regeneration are used in tissue engineering studies that performed utilizing the basic principles of biology and engineering. scaffolds used in tissue engineering applications are consist of natural biomaterials such as collagen and chitosan, biodegradable synthetic polymers and inorganic materials along with composites and nanofibrous materials that product by utilizing the characteristics of these different materials. the aim of this review is to assess and analyze the scaffolds and its features which is an important part of regeneration and used in the applications of tissue engineering in periodontology field.